Tag Archives: Chief Commissioner

Salvation Army Hearings Continue (Or: Still Taking Taxpayers’ Money)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by lewisblayse

SPECIAL NOTE: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation television (ABC 2 / Ch. 24 digital) will be re-screening the “Four Corners” program from 2003, detailing abuses by the Salvation Army at its Children’s Homes – titled “The Homies”. The program will run … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “The Homies”, bear pit mentality, Bexley Boys Home, Bexley Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Captain Laurie Wilson, Chief Commissioner, compensation, EK, Emily Bourke, ET, Four Corners, FT, FV, GA, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home, government funding, homeless youth, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, James Condom, John McIver, Laurence Wilson, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, medical examinations, nightmares, pedophile ring, Peter McClellan, pimped, public hearings, Quentin McDermott, rape, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army officers, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Salvos, Simeon Beckett, submission, taxpayers’ money, Tony Abbott, Wally McLeod, Wood Royal Commission | Comments Off

Parramatta Girls’ Home (Or: Eyes To The Floor)

Posted on January 26, 2014 by lewisblayse

[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that the following article contains images and names of people who may be deceased.] Image source: http://www.parragirls.org.au   It looks like the Australia royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2004 Australian Senate Enquiry into Children’s Homes, Alana Valentine, Andrew Murray, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “14 Years of Hell: An Anthology of the Hay Girls Institution 1961-1974”, “Abandon all Hope”, “Eyes To The Floor”, “heads down” protocol, “One day in Hay”, “Parra Girls”, “Parramatta Girls”, “The Pea Picker’s Daughter”, Barbara Price, Bessie Guthrie, Bonney Djuric, Catholic Church Nazareth House, Charmaine McMahon, Chief Commissioner, Chlorpromazine, Christina Green, Commissioner Helen Milroy, Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls’ Home, Deborah Challinor, Dr Robert N Moles, Dr. Margaret Pereira, Edward Moylen, Elizabeth Silkes, Fullarton Girls’ Home, Good Shepherd Convent, Hay Girls’ Institution, Hay Institution for Girls, Hay memorial plaque, Ivy Getchell, Jane Francica, Judy Divargue, Julie Todd, Largactil, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lindsay Lewis, Lynette Aitken, Magdalene Laundries, Maree Giles, Marjorie Woodrow, Marlene Riley, New South Wales State government, Norma Organ, NSW Appeal Court judge, NSW Government Parramatta Girls’ Home, Parramatta Girls’ Home, Peter McClellan, Professor Kerry Carrington, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Salvation Army Fullarton Girls’ Home, Sharon O'Neill, Sharyn Killens, Site of Conscience, Stolen generation, Superintendent Johnson, The Hay Institution for Girls, The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, The NSW Government Hay Institution for Girls, The Queensland Government Wilston Girls’ Home, Wendy Just, Wilma Robb | Comments Off

Ms. Ingham, Fr. Brown And The Lismore Bishop (Or: Even Jesus Wept)

Posted on December 12, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image: Catholic Church lawyer, Stephen Keim The actions of the Lismore diocese of the Catholic Church came under scrutiny at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse today. The case study used was the abuse of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Archbishop Coleridge, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Brisbane Archdiocese, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, Chief Commissioner, Colin Riches, Ellis defence, Francis Mulcahy, Jennifer Ingham, Justice and Healing Council, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lismore diocese, Mark Coleridge, Patrick Mullins, Paul Rex Brown, Pope Francis, Stephen Keim, Time Magazine, Towards Healing, Truth, Vatican | Comments Off

The Chief Commissioner Addresses a Fund-Raising Luncheon (Or: Get Out of Jail Free Cards Now on Offer)

Posted on September 8, 2013 by lewisblayse

The Chief Commissioner, Peter McClellan (see previous posting), has chosen a $180 a head fund-raising, invitation-only, luncheon for the Bravehearts organisation, to make a few announcements concerning the progress of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Boy Scouts, Bravehearts, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Chief Commissioner, Domus Australia, George Pell, government grants, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter McClellan, public hearings, Scouts, terms of reference, Tony Abbott, YMCA | Comments Off

Financial and Association Disclosure (Or: What? Me Compromise?)

Posted on September 7, 2013 by lewisblayse

Just in case the question is asked, this site will always remain totally independent. It is operated by an individual, with no formal ties to any organisation, but does have sympathy with the objectives of many. It has never sought, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australian royal commission into institutional response to child sexual abuse, Chief Commissioner, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter McClellan | Comments Off

The Commissioners Revisited (Or: Don’t Go By PR Releases)

Posted on August 31, 2013 by lewisblayse

When the Royal Commissioners were appointed, the government put out a short PR release on the backgrounds of the commissioners, which said very little in fact about the people other than about their current positions. At the time, this site … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Murray, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bob Atkinson, Catholic PR unit, Chief Commissioner, Commissioner Atkinson, Commissioner Coate, Commissioner Fitzgerald, Commissioner Milroy, Commissioner Murray, Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, Gail Furness, Helen Milroy, Jennifer Coate, Junior Counsel Assisting, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melinda Richards, Peter McClellan, Robert Fitzgerald, The Star Enquiry, Truth Justice and Healing Council | Comments Off