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Tag Archives: Gail Furness
Why the Delay? (Or: We’ll Let You Know – Sometime)
The next hearings of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, focusing on four Salvation Army Boys’ Homes (Riverview, Bexley, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home and Alkira), is due to start in a week. In fact there … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bexley Boys Home, Catholic Church, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter McClellan, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army child abuse, Salvation Army Children’s Homes, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Towards Healing, Wally McLeod, YMCA
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Salvation Army’s Royal Commission Appearance Hypocrisy (Or: Shut This Guy Up Somehow)
Image: Civilized kangaroo (Source: http://www.alef.net) The Australian Salvation Army officials (Eastern Territory – Queensland and New South Wales States and the Australian Capital Territory) are due to appear before the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira, Australian Salvation Army, “major” Bruce Harmer, “major” Pete Condon, “major” Peter Farthing, Bexley Boys Home, Dr. Matthew Collins, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Gill Memorial Home, Judge McClellan, Kate Burke, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Luke Geary, Peter McClellan, restorative justice, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Centre, Riverview Training Farm, Robert Fitzgerald, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army’s Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvos Legal, Star Casino, The Law of Defamation and the Internet
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Freedom Catering Group (Or: Feeding the Rich)
Image: A “Hearty” meal for the homeless, courtesy of the soup kitchen. There is one truth about the Salvation Army’s Children’s Homes which is the most undeniable. Knowledge of it is virtually proof that a person was in one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australian Salvation Army, “major” Bruce Harmer, “major” Pete Condon, “major” Peter Farthing, Bexley Boys Home, Box Hill Boys’ Home, Collaroy Center, Dr. Matthew Collins, Freedom Catering Group, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Judge McClellan, Kate Burke, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Luke Geary, Peter McClellan, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Centre, Robert Fitzgerald, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Children’s Homes, Salvation Army homeless, Salvation Army soup kitchens, Salvation Army’s Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvos, Salvos Legal, Star Casino, The Law of Defamation and the Internet
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The Organizational Culture (Or: My Organisation – Right or Wrong)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse has completed its second “case study” – the YMCA and Jonathan Lord (see previous postings). The enquiry focused on how he managed to slip past the YMCA’s filter for … Continue reading
Ms. Nolan’s PowerPoint Presentation (Or: What Was The Question Again?)
You’ve got to hand it to YMCA operations manager, Ann Mary Nolan. She’s one cool cucumber. Most media reported that the chief commissioner, Peter McClellan (see previous posting) became “testy”, and showed “obvious exasperation” about her evasion of answering questions … Continue reading
What Mr. Whitely Said (Or: Lies Upon Lies)
YMCA general manager of children’s services, Liam Whitley, gave evidence to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, during which, like his boss, Phillip Hare (see previous posting), he attempted to shift blame for shortcomings onto … Continue reading
The YMCA Defence (Or: He Fooled Us All)
The YMCA is only a small player in the child care industry in Australia. About 1 million children are in such care. The YMCA, in NSW caters for about 11,000 children at about 100 centres, and employs about 500 staff, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Church’s North Coast Children’s Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, child care industry, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Gregory Sirtes, Gregory Sirtes SC, Janette Dines, Jonathan Lord, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, North Coast Children's Home, Phillip Hare, YMCA, Young Men’s Christian Association
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Where Are We Now, Friends (Or: The Silence Is Deafening)
The reason given by the federal government for appointing six commissioners to the Royal Commission was that the enormous volume of work would require multiple hearings being conducted simultaneously. So far, only a single hearing has been held with all … Continue reading
