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A First Look at Children’s Homes (Or: Paedophile Heaven)
Children who were not orphans were often taken into State “care” because of a difficult home situation of one kind or another. The State out-sourced its responsibility to the churches in most cases. The churches ran the “Homes” as profit-making … Continue reading
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Tagged children's homes, Forde Enquiry, Forgotten Australians, Kevin Rudd, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Malcolm Turnbull, paedophiles, power distance, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, state governments, state wards
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Politicians (Or: Disorder in the House)
Paedophile politicians pose a particular problem. They have power – and have often used it – to protect themselves. It probably means that those caught so far may represent only the tip of an iceberg. This is an other classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Acting Police Minister, Beattie Labor Government, Bernard Finnigan, Bill D'Arcy, Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, Forgotten Australians, Gillian Sneddon, Justice David Porter, Keith Wright, Labor Leader of the Opposition (Queensland), Labor Party, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Matt Foley, Milton Orkopoulos, Mr Balson, Nathan Rees, NSW Aboriginal Affairs Minister, One Nation, Order of Australia, paedophiles, politicians, power distance, Premier of NSW, Queensland Government Attorney-General, Robert Coombs, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Senator Bob Collins, South Australian Parliament, Speaker, Terry Martin, whistleblowers
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Power Distance and Abuse (Or: I Kick Therefore I Am)
In management theory, there is an important concept termed “power distance”. By power distance, the academics do not just mean authority over another person. It relates more to unfair influence over another person. For example, most people will accept that … Continue reading
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Tagged children's homes, FICH, Forgotten Australians, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, paedophiles, power distance, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Salvation Army, Statute of Limitations, unfair influence
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