Haygirl correctly points out that sexual abuse is not related to a political party or independents. If this were otherwise we could vote out sexual abuse by simply voting for a political party that never had any sexual abuse. The reality is that when (then) Governor-General Hollingworth was in the thick involved in a sexual abuse scandal it was the Liberal Prime Minister John Winston Howard (broadcasted on national television) who announced that when he attended lawschool (some 44 odd years before) it was different to have sex with a child under 16. Now, here we had Howard, as I view it, basically endorsing under age sex by adults!

Anyone who assumes that sexual abuse relates to the political status of a person should have his head examined. There are no political badges that is used to justify or denounce sexual abuse. Neither should anyone seek to make political mileage out of sexual abuse.

Sometimes the offender doesn’t himself/herself realise that he/she is committing sexual abuse, as the conduct engaged in somehow is taken as permissible. And trying to give those persons an understanding that their conduct is not acceptable then even becomes harder in that regard, as unless and until they realise their conduct is not acceptable they may continue their deplorable conduct.

As for ignorance of sexual abuse, that occur by authorities regardless of which political status the government is. Generally it is the employees who are causing the problem. Anyone who reads the Hansard (government transcript of parliamentarian proceedings) will become aware that if you make a lot of noise it is more then likely the politicians will refer to it. Hence, the more people talk about sexual abuse the more likely some politician will finally get the message and seek to get appropriate action taken!

FOR MR;Gerrit h Schorel-Hlavka, as ever person on this site know that we are victims in need of justice ,as to what we occurred while in the states institutions , as for you people who don;t know what its like , you have no idea, of what we still suffer , anyway mr gerrit you asked if you could read the judgement of my case go to the surpreme court web site n.s.w click on judgements court of appeal , 2007 case name is brown v state of new south wales ,, if you want you can email me at michealjbrown@hotmail.com .. if all of us victims keep our fight in us at least we know the goverment is going to have to tell the truth soon

For those thinking that is about political gain you are completely wrong.
I post who i am to say this is not good enough.
I post what i do as it is fact.
IT is required for checks to be done on school teachers.

I post to say enough is enough and those from other political party's or anyone else who posts, do so behind a shield.
Hidding, I for one will make it known that this unacceptable and until it is stamped out at the political level how can we even see it happening to us.

You do not see the other people or those who are supposed to represent us standing up and saying who they are and fighting for the people.

So really i dont care if i win or loss
I dont care what you think of me
My family stands by me
Me family's health insurance has run out due to money constraints and due to what, For me to stand up and fight for the people.

What i do care about is standing up for the people and doing the right thing.
I am ex army Medically discharged, married and have a special needs daughter who is now 17.

That is who i am, and i have the balls to stand up and say how bad this is and stand by my word.
I will not cover things up just because you do not like it.
I will not cower or be told that i am doing this for political gain.

The question to you and everyone else here is;

Did you know about the gross negligance of the labor party,
Did you know about the hidding of peadophiles,
Did you know about the corruption.

If you answer no then you have learnt something

If you already did then how can we ever fix this with government thats says

DO AS WE SAY NOT AS WE DO.

Stuart Ulrich
Independent Candidate for Charlton
swulrich@bigpond.net.au

Has anyone else noticed that Kevin is conspicuous by his silence.Probably patting himself on the back.
Tapp, obviously your reading skills are as bad as your spelling,otherwise you would have read that i also was a victim of abuse.I in no way condone abuse or the coverups that ensue.As for statistics re any subject,they can be manipulated to suit any point of view.Quite often depends on who is collating the data.I dont need to prove who was in power whilst i was being abused,it is common knowledge who was governing in what years.You are a bottom feeder to try and make political mileage out of this subject.As for some comments re compensation,why is it a politician can fall off an exercise bike and be compensated?Why can a policeofficer choose his/her occupation and be compensated for stress?The individuals who went through the child CARE (i use the term CARE loosely) system had no choice in what was done to them and if to this day are still traumatised,why are they not entitled to compensation?The money comes from the govt coffers and in most cases the govt was resposible for those children.Sure a few may make unwarranted claims but they will be found out.By the way.The punishment books for a lot of govt run institutions are now accessible up until 1970. Only by the inmate concerned ofcourse.I have sent for mine and if they have been truthfully completed should make interesting reading.Have a nice day and try not to judge others and their propensity to GET OVER IT OR MOVE ON.

Remember Wilma?

this is for haygirl, im a victim too , and my story is real