Comments on: Please take our children out of here http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/13/please-take-our-children-out-of-here/ "I accept no responsibility for statistics, which are a form of magic beyond my comprehension." -- Robertson Davies Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Drjule http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/13/please-take-our-children-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-22774 Drjule Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:16:52 +0000 http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/13/please-take-our-children-out-of-here/#comment-22774 This morning 3.30am locals broke into yard and undid all repairs completed on vehicles done on thurs.To date have fitted 54 ignition switches.In five months have had 32 vehicles stolen,6 written off,15 windscreens smashed,workshop broken into three times. Depot broken into and keys for all vehicles stolen.Every night yard broken into.Damage done to property inmeasurable. Politicians dont care and hide. When politicians visit they spend a couple of hours on the ground then fly out without seeing the real aurukun where violence,stealing and social skills have been put on hold for survival.Most aurukun locals are wonderful people fighting to survive. A culture long forgotten by colonial australia and left to make its own rules for survival.Do-gooders come and go.Rip off merchants run rampant intent on lining their pockets with projects that have no hope of long term viability eg Resort never completed cost 2.3mil, comercial fishing cost $ ?,Fishing vessel cost $ ? money being pocketed by outsiders.Grand plans being put to federal minister to help local community just a ruse to line someones pocket.Senior local politician letting family run sly grog in council vehicle.Senior politician son covicted of complicity in rape of 10 yr old.Another son allegedly involved in stealing fuel from council vehicle while driving council vehicle on council time.Trying to pressure senior council staff to allocate precious work to private companies then trying to explain the meetings away by saying he just happened to be passing and sat in on meeting even though he gave represntatives a ride to meeting. Police underresourced and overworked. This morning 3.30am locals broke into yard and undid all repairs completed on vehicles done on thurs.To date have fitted 54 ignition switches.In five months have had 32 vehicles stolen,6 written off,15 windscreens smashed,workshop broken into three times. Depot broken into and keys for all vehicles stolen.Every night yard broken into.Damage done to property inmeasurable. Politicians dont care and hide. When politicians visit they spend a couple of hours on the ground then fly out without seeing the real aurukun where violence,stealing and social skills have been put on hold for survival.Most aurukun locals are wonderful people fighting to survive. A culture long forgotten by colonial australia and left to make its own rules for survival.Do-gooders come and go.Rip off merchants run rampant intent on lining their pockets with projects that have no hope of long term viability eg Resort never completed cost 2.3mil, comercial fishing cost $ ?,Fishing vessel cost $ ? money being pocketed by outsiders.Grand plans being put to federal minister to help local community just a ruse to line someones pocket.Senior local politician letting family run sly grog in council vehicle.Senior politician son covicted of complicity in rape of 10 yr old.Another son allegedly involved in stealing fuel from council vehicle while driving council vehicle on council time.Trying to pressure senior council staff to allocate precious work to private companies then trying to explain the meetings away by saying he just happened to be passing and sat in on meeting even though he gave represntatives a ride to meeting. Police underresourced and overworked.

]]> By: Magic Statistics http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/13/please-take-our-children-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-22605 Magic Statistics Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:11:36 +0000 http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/13/please-take-our-children-out-of-here/#comment-22605 <strong>Nurses in remote area of Australia demand protection...</strong> It has been known for years that nurses and other health workers in Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia (map at right), are at high risk of assault, but little has been done to protect them. A government report recommending increased security measures... Nurses in remote area of Australia demand protection…

It has been known for years that nurses and other health workers in Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia (map at right), are at high risk of assault, but little has been done to protect them.
A government report recommending increased security measures…

]]> By: Magic Statistics http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/13/please-take-our-children-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-22571 Magic Statistics Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:44:29 +0000 http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/13/please-take-our-children-out-of-here/#comment-22571 <strong>Paternalism ensures children get fed...</strong> Last summer, the Australian government launched a radical and controversial welfare reform, requiring parents on welfare to take proper care of their children.  If they failed to do so, welfare payments would be diverted to a responsible person in... Paternalism ensures children get fed…

Last summer, the Australian government launched a radical and controversial welfare reform, requiring parents on welfare to take proper care of their children.  If they failed to do so, welfare payments would be diverted to a responsible person in…

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