Kevin,How many times were you sodomised so that you would still pass the virginity test?How many times were you beaten unconscious?How many times were your bones broken by the person supposed to be caring for you.When you can answer MANY TIMES,then you will understand.I"m very strong and survived ok but a lot of people aren't strong and don't have anyone to help them.When all of your childhood has been abusive and you were given no life skills,it can be extremely hard to function as an adult.A lot of us managed with support from others but unfortunately a few couldn't .I believe those few deserve some sort of compensation.Imagine being locked in a tiny dark cell for weeks on end and fed bread and water twice a day.Your male gaoler coming in and taking his lust out on you.In any way he felt like.Walk a mile in our shoes before you point fingers.By the way i am not asking for compensation.

This is unbelievable!

To those who dont know Wilma..Do not judge or abuse her story!!
Wilma has been affected majorly by her childhood and has affected her through out her life. I would know because she is my nan. She is a very strong, supportin women and should be commended on her ability to be able to speak out about child abuse.

For 15 years my nan has been by my side and my familys every step of the way supporting us in everyway she can. The welfare system was wrong and has affected many lives.
My mum and dad went to hay jail with nan for Hay girls reunion and was shocked at what they seen and heard.

Just because my nan speaks out about her childhood doesnt mean she isnt still affected, and when she does get a chance to speak out she is abused with comments that are disrespectful to her life story.

Anyone that perpetrates any abuse on children physical, psychological or sexual abuse on any child or human being should be prosecuted and pay a penaltie for their crimes.

I have met some of the women that were affected by their chilhood abuse along with my nan and they are very strong but you can see and notice that they have been affected by their childhood.

Teen Oppinion

Well said, kiddo!

Late 1970's to late 1980's I worked as a admin assistant to the management of a regional office of our "child welfare" dept. I finally could not emotionally cope with the investigations into the horrific abuses meted out to the children and adolescents in 'CARE' and broke down distressed. No super, just a disability pension. At age 38. In one institution the consulting/resident's psychiatrist was reported by girls as abusing them... his response? the allegations were untrue, stemming directly from their "condition" which was founded on living in a fantasy world!
What I encountered, as a humble lowpaid stenographer, made me mentally, emotionally and physically sick.
WELFARE IS RULED BY POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CARE. JUST A TOKEN BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO "BE SEEN" TO BE DOING SOMETHING TO CARE FOR CHILDREN... MOST OF THE BUDGET IS SPENT ON THE STAFF AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM. ONLY A PITTANCE GOES WHERE IT IS MOST NEEDED.

Amber your story confirms what I already know and that is that this whole abuse of process is systemic. The system doesn’t want to investigate these types of allegations, so instead they discredit the child and anybody who speaks out and they set up the process of dealing with matters so as to cover up.

I went in to see our Director General for Education recently in relation to allegations my family have been making of systematic bias, victimisation, bullying, vilification, discrimination, educational neglect, misconduct and fraud against Departmental staff aimed at my children spanning over 7 years . Behaviour that has caused my children and family years of emotional and psychological distress, humiliation, and educational neglect. This type of abuse, whilst it cannot be compared to what has happened to these children in institutional care, is still serious and causes children to become depressed and they live with fear of being publicly humiliated http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/teachers%20who%20bully%20students%20McEvoy.pdf

The DET have a Policy against Bullying and a Code of Conduct and a Policy that says that these types of investigations must be investigated. Despite the fact that the DET knows the damage that bullying and victimisation does, the allegations have not been investigated and these people are still in a position of power and dealing with my children.

The DET does not want to investigate the allegations as it might set a ‘precedent’ and then open up a can of worms.

Recently in a letter from the Director General, wherein he again refused to investigate the allegations, he ended his letter with this:

‘We clearly have a different perspective and as I said in the meeting, I think it is time that everyone moves forward and makes the best decisions in the interests of your children’.

How can covering up and ignoring my children’s complaints of bullying and victimization be in the best interest of my children?” By not addressing these allegations those who are targeting my children are protected and my children are seen as ‘acceptable targets and sacrifices’ of the system.

Our children deserve better
Education - Keeping them Honest
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It doesn’t matter if the “victim” is called Wilma or by any other name, is a boy or a girl as no child should have to endure such kind of suffering.
Blaming a child for her conduct is the easy way out. When a woman asked me what she could do to get her child as it was taken from her, not long after birth, when she was doing a nine month term of imprisonment for drugs, albeit she had since married and had a son, and only was allowed to see her child one hour a month, I urged her to simply immediately demand the child to be handed over to her as I held that the Authorities acted unlawful in their conduct. The response of the Authorities was to immediately hand-back the child claiming that she had never formally asked for the child in years gone by. The son, at age five, for the first time saw his sister! It turned out the daughter had lived in a home about 2-kilometre from where her mother lived.
Welfare agencies often are abusing and misusing their powers and the children are suffering. When my 2-year old daughter was formally arrested by the police, by WARRANT, I took the case to the Supreme Court, and had my daughter back. The welfare authorities had claimed they could overrule the Courts. Well, the Supreme Court made clear they couldn’t.
I reported the “welfare authorities” to the Ombudsman and he also upheld my complaint about the filth and improper conditions in which children were kept!
What we need is greater accountability by those who are to care for children, not being their own, and if they are found to act inappropriately then ban them for life! That might drive the message home to them that they are accountable!
We as a society must not blame the children but rather those who abuse and misuse their powers! The kind of indignity in the Wilma story should never be tolerated to be done upon any child!