Antiseptic – A good part of the $30,000 the Rape Crisis centre spent on travel is probably for participation in conferences at salubrious destinations eg Gold Coast. This is one of the many rackets the Rape and Domestic Violence industries engage in. At these conferences contrived anecdotes are the order of the day, though the author of the article could go one better. She can talk about her own alleged life experience. Now you can’t question that, can you? The industry mantra is “you believe the victim”.

Sorry Ninaf, call me gutless as much you like, but you can’t expect everyone to come down in the last shower. Yes folks, this is the young woman who with her attacker on top of her and who had just given her a good bashing, was strangling her and was armed with a “box-cutter”, told him to “f___-off” and on hearing the roar of a feminist he was metaphorically castrated and he scampered off into the night.

Runner – I think you’re right. As you more or less say, it is young males who are growing up with an identity crisis and thanks to radical feminism society is in a real mess. Take a look at the military. The government is struggling to get young blokes to enlist these days, they have been so emasculated. I look forward to when we have a battalion of Jessica Lynches (do you remember who she is?) with their double barrelled surnames like Lynch-Fakehero and the kick-arse Madam commander going through the roll call. We can go down to the docks and wave good bye to all of them including the likes of Ninaf, as they sail off to teach the Taliban a lesson.

I would have thought someone fom the rape crisis centre with an opportunity to voice an opinion so publicly would use the opportunity more wisely.

"The lack of interesting subjects on OLO has never been more evident," says Leigh.

I'm afraid I agree with Leigh. This is a first. Am I losing it? Must be too much seasonal food and wine.

Wow anticeptic. You really might want to check your facts before you start levelling accusations at underfunded NGO bodies set up to support victims of assault. For starters, all of the Management Committee of the NSW RCC work in an unpaid volunteer capacity meaning that I do not see a cent from that so called ‘gravy-train’ and in fact I donate all money I receive from doing guest talks to the centre.
As for your breakdown of the budget, here goes- as you outlined the most money was spent on wages. These are the wages of the fully accredited counsellors who man the phones 24/7 and so provide direct service to victims/ clients (the same clients who you imply receive NO assistance whatsoever. Another significant cost for the centre is the phone lines (as it’s a free call)- though you didn’t comment on that amount. Personally I think these counsellors have one of the most difficult jobs in the world (dealing with victims immediately after they have been rape has got to be tough) and they are not paid enough for what they do (they are paid well below what they would receive in the private sector). The 30, 000 on travel was spent so that the manager could tour out to regional and remote locations to provide free training to people who work on the front line of sexual assault, who may otherwise be completely untrained. As for the costs on professional development this was well spent money as this year the RCC earned the top Work Cover award for their professional development work in vicarious trauma. And yes, admin costs money. But the sum of 100 000 is divided between 3 or 4 people. Once again- you might want to check out some of the facts before you going twisting and misrepresenting them to fit your abhorrent agenda.

Oh and Roscop- I'm not going to go over the traumatising events of May26th 2007 again- I've done it enough. If you want clarification contact Detective Briana Lee at Gladesville Police Station, Sydney. She will confirm that male DNA was taken from me and that I had injuries consistent with being bashed.
Meanwhile, your last comment suggests that I have been deliberately facetious. By implicating that I have lied about the assault, you have also implicated that I have lied to the mainstream media and the police and you have also therefore insinuated that my original article in the SMH is untruthful. To knowingly publish something you know to be false in a mainstream braodsheet is actually a crime. It's called fraud. Now by insinuating that I've committed fraud and by having the good sense to publish that insinuation here (which, FYI- consitutes publishing in the public domain) well, there is a word for that to. It's called defamation- and it makes YOU legally liable.

When I was 23, I DID fight off an armed rapist and there are police reports to prove that. If nothing else, that shows I can play hardball. Dont muck with me, you cowardly moron.

ninaf:"you didn’t comment on that amount."

Actually, no mention was made of any amount for telephone funding in the RCC's annual report. Care to elucidate? You might also like to give us some indication of just how much each of those "accredited counsellors" is paid and how many of them you employ to help the women suffering a crisis over their 70-year-old "rape"

ninaf:"their professional development work in vicarious trauma."

that would be the trauma sufferd by counsellors when asked to earn their money, I presume?

What you seem to fail to grasp,Nina, is that your organisation is funded by significant amounts of public money. You're a member of the management committee. I quoted from your own annual report to illustrate what i see as mismanagement and feather-bedding. Is the above your best response?

I note also there are several paeans to "feminism" scattered throughout your annual report. Is "feminism" part of the aims of your organisation? Strangely absent are any paeans to rape victims...