Foxy the Ombudsman can choose to not investigate a complaint on the basis of lack of funding. Funding that is conveniently under provided by the Government.

The Ombudsman has never said I was frivilous or vexatious - he just said that he has discretion and he has decided not to investigate. This is despite the fact that there have been clear breaches in the Ombudsmans Act.

The Anti-Discrimination board will not investigate the matter because it is not against the law to discriminate against gifted children.

I am working my way to the Supreme Court but first I have to get the Department to produce the documents that they promised and to honour their agreements. It will save me money in the long run. That matter is being put before the Administrative Decisions Tribunal. I am not using a Solicitor for that, my husband and I are representing our children.

You have this fantasy in your head that the system is honest and has integrity, and their are avenues to get justice and protection for children. Open your eyes, read the papers - the administration of the Government is corrupt and the complaint handling system is designed to cover up.

Sad really because as adults the main concern should be the children. If you think that ignoring my children or telling them to accept their mis-treatment is going to make it better for them and easier for them to cope then you obviously do not know my children. If my husband and I don't stand up and fight for their right to be treated fairly and withou bias then that would mean that by not responding we too would be supporting the bullies. That isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Jolanda


I am concerned the amount of everybodies time.


I am not trying to be nasty but I 'am' concerned for your children

Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: re Jolanda challita

Hello

Firstly congratulations on the work you do re Live Export trade.

I have been an observer of the lengthy Jolanda Challita 'saga' and I noted in researching various blogs that on an Andrew Bartlett blog you offered free legal assistance to the Challita's. I found the response you received on that site both discourteous to you and entirely illogical.

I felt it appropriate to afford you the opportunity to challenge a claim
Jolanda has made on a news.com.au blog. A blogger challenged Jolanda on having been offered free legal assistance and she basically denies this offer ever came. I really find her assertion, given your clear efforts
To offer her assistance, very poor. Jolanda is manipulative in the sense that she uses every opportunity to draw attention to herself and I am loath to suggest that any form of discussion should arise (as she has flogged the news.com.au site as equally as any other) however, as suggested, I felt you should be given the chance to respond to her claim she was never offered help.

You will find her post on the Gotcha blog and in this specific blog
Topic. The blog had reached post 57 when I copied the url and her
post(s) would be among the most recent.

http://blogs.news.com.au/news/crime/index.php/news/comments/public_sold_a_pup/

I should point out that I was a former Dept of Education employee (long retired). I am not in anyone's employ and am simply interested, as you are, in various issues raised on the Internet. Whilst I generally maintain a certain cynicism re Dept's I find no particular substance to Jolanda’s claim at all but it is *highly* frustrating to see help being generously offered and her refusing it. You begin to wonder whether she is now more intent on talking as opposed to resolving. That of course is a personal comment and not one I'm asking you to respond to :)

Regards,

Pale you are trying to be nasty and you seem to worry alot about other peoples time. Why should other people's time bother you. Their time belongs to them and if they choose to write in response to what I say then that is their business.

What happened to the email that you said that you were going to send that was supporting me. Why instead of posting that did you post what you did? You should stop searching the internet to put things on this blog to try to discredit me. Surely you have better things to do with your time - like saving the animals maybe!

I don't want to go back to the issue with the free legal advice thing. You know as well as I do that I already had a Solicitor and that our wires got very crossed with regard to what you actually offered and when. It has been done to death. You know as well as I do that we have a completely different take on that matter. You might say that you are not trying to be nasty but clearly you are.

You keep wanting to come across as being concerned for my children but honestly Pale you seem to just want to cause trouble. I can't help but wonder who you are really trying to help? If you were concerned for my children you would agree that the matter should be subject to a proper and fair investigation as per Policy and Procedure require. That way the truth would be told and whoever is to blame and responsible would be found out.

I will wait to hear from Annoyed Parent as to what she/he requires to see so as to prove the claims.

Jolanda

I did send it! I am not being nasty. I could have posted it day one but I read your comments first. Its been a long time.

Many stories on this OLO thread are not what you said.

I am worried for your children and I think your husband should be contacted by some authority. I dont know who.

Yes I am busy. Yes I was busy years ago and I put a lot of time in which if your honest you wont deny.

All I know is after going to heaps of trouble you didnt want to meet the lawyer who was flying to Sydney - and you were none too polite about it.

I wondered why. However being busy I just got on with my lot.

Tell you what I am interested in- The truth.....

Now are your children of Muslim Father? You said they were.

I mention that only as I try to think of a reason why any of this would happen.

Why didnt you just move- or move schools. I have asked you this before.

Why have you not got a Meddico leagel report to confirm your claims.

Jolanda you have been doing this for years. Yes thats your business but I dont want to see anybody else waiste as much time as I did and thats the truth! and what of the poor children.

Tell you the truth I think you may have done a great service to the children everywhere.

Has the department ordered your children to have a Meddico leagal report done through a pych and counciler.

Because if they havent its a discrace one way or the other.

I am not saying you didnt have a problem with a teacher or even two.

I am saying you have blown it out of all portion.

Sorry its not what you wanted to hear.

Hi Jolanda

I would like to see something that proves one of the below acusations from yourself.

few weeks later their response was to target my son. They do this so as to create another situation and move the attention away from the situation at hand and confuse things. This wasn't the first time they targeted my son, my children have been targeted relentlessly."

and evidence about

Teachers humiliating my children and making sarcastic comments about my children’s intellect in front of the whole class and continuously criticizing them.

and evidence about

Teachers regularly totally ignoring my children when they are the only kid with their hand up wanting to answer a question and instead making a point to ask them to answer questions when they didn't have their hand up so as to put them on the spot and embarass them.

you have said you can "support everything I say with evidence",

Jolanda said

Why should other people's time bother you.

pale replies
Because I am not like you I respect other peoples time Jolanda and I find it an insult that you couldnt care less anout other peoples time.

Jolanda said

What happened to the email that you said that you were going to send that was supporting me.

Pales replies
Ar, More twists and turns. See this is how you try to fool people hoping they wont pick up on it. Jolanda if you will please go back I said this-

I was wondering if 'YOU' would comments on the teachers involved and how this may have effected their lives please?
I was wondering if YOU could disclose the letter sent to me from a retired Education Senior and what she alledged.
Thats not saying the letter was supportive Jolanda. I simply offered you a chance to explain.

I went on to ask you if I sent YOU a copy as you claimed to have lost yours on your crashed computer and not remember the letter...

Jolanda -I put it to you, that you have further attempted to mis lead readers buy saying "I searched the net looking for evidence against yopu bla../.".

Its clear it was a letter that came to me out of the blue.

It was an invitation to enter the news thread or whatever it was and challange you on your claims nobody had offered you legal help.

Had I of wanted to be nasty I would have. I did not enter the News link. I couldnt see how that would help the children to be honest.

Jolanda said
You know as well as I do that I already had a Solicitor and that our wires got very crossed with regard to what you actually offered and when.
Pale comments
I know no such thing. Otherwise why was I responding to your posting asking for help?