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Wedgie wrote:Another good friend and groggy, Woolfy passed away today after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Woolfy was the driving force and organiser behind recent years banners.
A great guy who was a single dad of 4 kids, 3 of them quite young.
2020 can go and get ******.

And just when you think things couldn't get any worse for a family his son passed away over night from a seizure.
RIP Aidin, hopefully back with your best mate and Dad now.

Wedgie wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Another good friend and groggy, Woolfy passed away today after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Woolfy was the driving force and organiser behind recent years banners.
A great guy who was a single dad of 4 kids, 3 of them quite young.
2020 can go and get ******.

And just when you think things couldn't get any worse for a family his son passed away over night from a seizure.
RIP Aidin, hopefully back with your best mate and Dad now.

Condolences to you and the family Wegs.

My mum is on the phone to me now. My terminally ill uncle only has days to live after being told nothing was wrong with him several times at the hospital over the past 12 months.

Wedgie wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Another good friend and groggy, Woolfy passed away today after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Woolfy was the driving force and organiser behind recent years banners.
A great guy who was a single dad of 4 kids, 3 of them quite young.
2020 can go and get ******.

And just when you think things couldn't get any worse for a family his son passed away over night from a seizure.
RIP Aidin, hopefully back with your best mate and Dad now.

wow thats shocking news RIP Aidin

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Abe led the way in the "quad", between Japan, India, Australia and the US in a bid to keep the Indo-Pacific region out of China's control. He was literally the kid who stood up to the school yard bully. His loss is immense, regardless of him being in power or not.

Hawthorn Norm Smith medallist Paul Dear has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

My daughter's at the old Princess Park today as she's involved in the footy side of Geelongs VFL side and has sent me some pics, it's really been let go and looks very sad.

6 year old at Munno Para. Sick to the stomach.

Booney wrote:6 year old at Munno Para. Sick to the stomach.

Just heard about this.
Terrible news.

Wedgie wrote:My daughter's at the old Princess Park today as she's involved in the footy side of Geelongs VFL side and has sent me some pics, it's really been let go and looks very sad.

PRINCES! FFS.....

It's actually being completely redeveloped but in small stages.

Booney wrote:6 year old at Munno Para. Sick to the stomach.

I did some work some years ago for Child Protection.

I've never seen a more thankless task.

I feel for their employees that would've no doubt done everything they could to get the child removed but couldn't due to the laws in place.

gadj1976 wrote:

Wedgie wrote:My daughter's at the old Princess Park today as she's involved in the footy side of Geelongs VFL side and has sent me some pics, it's really been let go and looks very sad.

PRINCES! FFS.....

It's actually being completely redeveloped but in small stages.

It's Princess Park when our handbags are there

gadj1976 wrote:

Booney wrote:6 year old at Munno Para. Sick to the stomach.

I did some work some years ago for Child Protection.

I've never seen a more thankless task.

I feel for their employees that would've no doubt done everything they could to get the child removed but couldn't due to the laws in place.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrim ... 8167a73cf4

Interesting comment gadj - Someone really needs to sit down and review all of this - mind you - we've had so many inquiries that have never been acted upon dating back to 2003 and Robyn Layton QC's review that was principally ignored by the government back then and ever since

Jimmy_041 wrote:

gadj1976 wrote:

Booney wrote:6 year old at Munno Para. Sick to the stomach.

I did some work some years ago for Child Protection.

I've never seen a more thankless task.

I feel for their employees that would've no doubt done everything they could to get the child removed but couldn't due to the laws in place.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrim ... 8167a73cf4

Interesting comment gadj - Someone really needs to sit down and review all of this - mind you - we've had so many inquiries that have never been acted upon dating back to 2003 and Robyn Layton QC's review that was principally ignored by the government back then and ever since

I was there about 7 years ago, so I need to preface this with 'my comments may be dated'.

When I was there and viewing it from the outside looking in, the counsellors would talk amongst themselves about cases and realise there was nothing they could do because the Departments' strategy was to keep the kids with the parents/step parents (nearly) at all costs.

You had to do something pretty bad for kids to be taken off you and put into care.

Essentially, if Child Services visited and advised the parent that they might take the child off them and if the parent promised and signed the documentation to look after the kid, then Child Services is bound by that agreement. I can't recall what threshold determined if an agreement had been breached.

Hence you have situations where 5 kids have been taken away from a woman but if she's pregnant with the 6th, the Department can't do anything until there are grounds to take the child away ie, she has to do something to the child (physical, drug abuse, abandonment) before the Department can step in.

gadj1976 wrote:When I was there and viewing it from the outside looking in, the counsellors would talk amongst themselves about cases and realise there was nothing they could do because the Departments' strategy was to keep the kids with the parents/step parents (nearly) at all costs.

And keep the siblings together, further complicating a family with 6 children and how to house them appropriately if removed from their parents* care.

Booney wrote:

gadj1976 wrote:When I was there and viewing it from the outside looking in, the counsellors would talk amongst themselves about cases and realise there was nothing they could do because the Departments' strategy was to keep the kids with the parents/step parents (nearly) at all costs.

And keep the siblings together, further complicating a family with 6 children and how to house them appropriately if removed from their parents* care.

This is true.

I think the term they used was 'reunification'. Reunite the family as that offers the best chance for the kids growing up.

Father in law losing his cancer battle yesterday.

I often was at loggerheads with him (especially the early days) but he was always supportive of us and a great Dad to Mrs G/excellent 'Poppy' to our 2 kids.

Sorry to hear MatteeG
All the best to your family

Sorry to hear MG

Sorry to hear mate.

Sorry for your loss G