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Recent Posts
- Changes to this Blog February 24, 2023
- Salvation Army Hearings Continue (Or: Still Taking Taxpayers’ Money) January 30, 2014
- Salvation Army Abuse Witnesses’ Accounts (Or: And You Thought The Convict Days Were Long Past) January 29, 2014
- Who Cares (Or: War Crimes) January 28, 2014
- The Author’s Rebuttal To Mr. McClellan’s Reasons For Non-Permission To Appear At The Salvation Army Boys’ Homes Hearings And Present A Submission (Or: McClellan Rules, O.K.?) January 27, 2014
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Tag Archives: Australian Royal Commission
Gill Memorial Boys’ Home (Or: Australia Is A Democracy, Not A Nomikocracy)
Image: Dr. Ralph Doughty, 80 – Former Gill boy (Source: Daily Telegraph) The Salvation Army’s Gill Memorial Boys’ Home will be one of the four Children’s Homes which will be covered by the next hearings of the Australian Royal Commission … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004 Senate enquiry, Alkira, Andrew Murray, Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bexley Boys Home, Clem Apted, Fred Walshe, Jim Luthy, Kroc Center, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Ralph Doughty, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Children’s Homes abuses, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Home for Boys, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Home for Boys, Salvation Army Riverview Home, Salvos
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The Salvos And Asylum Seekers (Or: Having Your Cake And Eating It Too)
Image: Mahdi’s Facebook page (Source: https://www.greenleft.org.au) The Salvation Army became embroiled in controversy, including internally, when it agreed in 2012 to accept a $22 million contract from the Australian government in relation to the Manus Island and Nauru immigration detention … Continue reading
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Tagged asylum seekers, Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, boat people, Bruce Haigh, detainees, detention centers, Green Left Weekly, Greg Lake, immigration, immigration department, Kerry Smith, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Manus Island, Nauru, Nauru riots, Nick Riemer, off-shore processing, refugees, Salvation Army, Salvation Army government contracts, Salvos
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The Salvation Army – Olympics Connection (Or: Our Business Is Charity)
Image: 2012 Olympics Mountain Bike facility on Hadleigh Farm The Salvation Army knows how to strike a good business deal (see yesterday’s posting on Kettering Textiles). The Chairman of the trading company of the organisation in the U.K., “Lt-Col” Ivor … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Hadleigh Farm, Ivor Telfer, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Salvation Army, Salvos, Sochi Winter Olympics Russia
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The Salvos’ Rag Trade (Or: Rags To Riches, Literally)
Image: Salvation Army collection bins in a supermarket car-park in the U.K. The Salvation Army is the main beneficiary of donations of disused clothing items, which are people are led to believe, normally, sold through its thrift shops. The process … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, charity clothing donations, Charity Commission, Kettering Textiles, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Nigel Hanger, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Trading Company, Salvos, thrift stores
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The Salvation Army Position On Sexuality (Or: They Don’t Just Shoot Horses)
Image: “Major” Andrew Craibe Last year an Australian Salvation Army officer created quite a stir during a radio interview on the organization’s attitude towards non-heterosexuals. The officer involved, “Major” Andrew Craibe was the Media Director for the salvos in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australian Salvation Army, “Major” Harmer, Bruce Redman, Danielle Morantez, homosexuality, John Becker, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, LGBTQ, Major Andrew Craibe, Salvation Army, Salvation Army child abuse, Salvation Army of Burlington Vermont, Salvation Army’s discriminatory anti-gay teachings, Salvationist Handbook of Doctrine, Salvos, Salvos child abuse, Salvos say gays should be killed, Truth Wins Out, TWO’s Executive Director, Wayne Besen
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More On Salvation Army Funding Sources (Or: Purifying Tainted Money)
[Note: This is not an article about the pros and cons of the alcohol and gaming industries. It is only about the Salvation Army’s position on them.] The Salvation Army in Australia appears to be resolutely hypocritical about what it … Continue reading
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Tagged ALH Group, Andrew Wilkie, Australian Catholic University, Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, child abuse, Crown - Perth, Crown Casino, Governor-General, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Nick Xenophon, Peter Cosgrove, Salvation Army, Salvation Army alcohol policy, Salvation Army child abuse, Salvation Army gambling policy, Salvo child abuse, Salvos
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The Australian Salvation Army’s Finances (Or: Melding Church And State)
Image source: Australian Salvation Army The Salvation Army in Australia receives nearly half of its income from the taxpayer. In some countries this would raise concerns about state-supported religion. It would be of further concern to such people that … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, child slave labor, child slave labour, Eva Burrows, Job Network, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Red Shield Appeal, Salvation Army, Salvation Army child abuse, Salvation Army orphanages and children’s homes, Salvos, Salvos child abuse
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The Great Toy Heist (Or: How Can You Lose 100,000 Toys?)
The Salvation Army in the Canadian city of Toronto ran a toy collection for underprivileged children. It had such support that even the Ontario Province Premier, Dalton McGuinty, personally donated two bicycles. Eventually, $2 million worth of toys were donated … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Dalton McGuinty, David Grigsbay, David Rennie, John Murray, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Northern Sales Group, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Christmas toy donations, Salvos, Toronto
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The McDonald’s Connection (Or: Feed the Homeless Crap)
Image: Joan Kroc, wife of the founder of McDonald’s, who left her $1.8 billion in shares to the Salvation Army The Salvation Army and McDonald’s foods have some things in common. They are both multinational corporations. The Salvation Army is … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, corporate sponsorship, Crown - Perth, homeless, Joan Kroc, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, McDonald's, Minerals Resources, minimum wage, Real Estate Institute, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Salvos, Tony Abbott, Westpac Bank
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Why Wally Should Be Heard (Or: Selective Hearing?)
Four Salvation Army Boys’ Homes will be the focus of the next hearings of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse beginning on 28th January. Two of the Homes were in Queensland. Riverview (https://lewisblayse.net/2013/06/14/riverview-salvation-army-boys-home-or-unfinished-business/), near Ipswich, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira, Alkira Salvation Army Home for Boys, Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bexley Boys Home, child abuse, Gill Memorial Home, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Riverview, Salvation Army, Wally McLeod
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