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CLAN Submission (Or: Who Will Listen?)

Posted on December 7, 2013 by lewisblayse

The Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) represents hundreds of people who were in State and Church Children’s Homes. Its submission to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, for the up-coming Catholic Church’s “Towards Healing” redress … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anglican professional standards unit, apology, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Care Leavers of Australia Network, Catholic Church, children's homes, CLAN, compensation, Health and Other Services Act 1996, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Medicare, Professional Standards Office, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army’s Professional Standards Unit, Towards Healing | Leave a comment

Third Hearing – Week Two (Or: Just A Joke)

Posted on November 25, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image: Anglican Church lawyer, Philip Roland (Source: Foott, Law and Co.) Pat Comben, former registrar of the Grafton Anglican Church diocese and former Education Minister in the Queensland State Government, made a very (melo?)dramatic move outside the Royal Commission before … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anglican Church, apology, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bishop Keith Slater, Bishop of Grafton, Campbell Brown, Channel 7, Children’s Home, Foott, Grafton Anglican Church diocese, Keith Slater, Koala Villas Caravan (trailer) Park, Law and Co, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Pat Comben, Peter McClellan, Philip Roland, Reverend Comben, Reverend Kitchingman, Rowland Company, Simeon Beckett, stud book, Wildlife Preservation Society | Leave a comment

Rabbi Gutnick Apology (Or: Eventually)

Posted on September 12, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image: Rabbi Moshe Gutnick (Source: Australian Jewish News) Moshe Gutnick, the president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australia, has issued an apology for the organisation’s failings to combat child sexual abuse within its components. It is believed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apology, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Manny Waks, ORA, Organisation of Rabbis of Australia, Rabbi Gutnick, Rabbi Moshe Gutnick, Tzedek | Leave a comment

Kinchela (Aboriginal) Boys Home (Or: History Ignored is History Repeated)

Posted on August 8, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image: The Kinchela gate is now in the National Museum (Image source: http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/kinchela_boys_home_gate) NOTE: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that the following article contains images and names of people who are deceased. The Kinchela Boys’ Home … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Kinchela Boy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Aboriginal Place, Aboriginal Protection Board, Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 215), apology, assimilation policy, Australian National Museum, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Back on the Block, Barbara Paulson, Bill Simon, Bringing Them Home report, Cecil Bowden, Christine Shepley, Christine Shepley University of Newcastle, Christopher Bevan, compensation, Harold ‘Bluey’ Smith, Ian ‘Crow’ Lowe, Jay Arthur, Kempsey Local Aboriginal Land Council, Kinchela Boys’ Home, Kinchela gate, Kinchela Training Home for Aboriginal Boys, Let’s Face It, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Manuel Ebsworth, NSW government, NSW government Kinchela Training Home for Aboriginal Boys, NSW Minister for Child and Social Welfare, Professor Marie Bashir, Richard Campbell, Sarah Barker, Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, To be Seen and Not Heard: The Story of the Kinchela Training Home for Aboriginal Boys 1923-1970, Vincent Wenberg, white Australia policy, William Lesley | Leave a comment