Thebottomline
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Goodnight posters, been a tough night for all.
oh well. You get that, so they say. IMO.I did and that is my reply.
What has happened to WT is the focus of the coronial inquest. It came up in discussions on here before about what types of recommendations the coroner might make to FaCs at the end when delivering her findings.The coroner may well find that the policies around confidentiality of not only a foster child's status but also those of the guardians is detrimental to missing children's cases.
In LH's podcast, she has talked about the policy of this confidentiality only being able to be broken in the most extreme cases and it was not considered so in WT's case obviously. I can't think of anything more extreme than a suspected child abduction/ homicide. The children more statistically vulnerable to abduction are foster children and certain criminal elements are aware of that and prey upon that. In response to FaCS losing their right to suppress identity in this case in a Supreme Court ruling, they have pursued and passed legislation at a state level that it is now illegal for any press to publish a child that goes missing from care. The only way, we will hear about it is if the child turns up dead.
Issues surrounding missing children from foster care is important for the public to know about. The government of the day, makes these policy decisions on behalf of the public about the standard these children receive. And it should be as close to par as all other kids in our society. These issues are directly linked to WT's case and past and future children who will go missing in state care. It is not in anyone's interest i don't think except for the bio families interests to ask the FC's, FaCS, and the community service worker and the head of the police investigation about what happened at every point along the way to see what all those people thought was a hindrance to concluding this investigation.
The FC's don't want to say they didn't keep an eye on him for over 5 minutes, FaCS don't want to admit they were an obstacle to a possible homicide of a child, the police don't want to outline where they think they could have done better etc. and no one at the inquest is going to ask those questions if it is not in their interest to. It is only in the BF's and public's interest to ask those questions to give the coroner a fuller view of the situation and more to consider in her findings. IMO
I am aware of a case where someone attended work for nearly three years in a similar manner whilst their accuser sat in an office next door. As it turned out the accuser ended up on the other side of the law and received a conviction for falsifying evidence and corruption charges.
Terrible treatment to endure and very difficult to overcome for one accused.
Huh ? Not a huge number - you must be joking!I take that back, there were 47,000 in OOHC in 2017 - but it's Australia wide.
Aust population this year is 24,600,000 so that makes 47,000 = .2%
Considering our society, drug culture, homeless etc (and I don't mean to sound unempathetic) it's not really a huge number IMO.
Thank you, sillybilly. This little boy and his loved ones are very precious to us.Have reopened the thread although cleanup is ongoing.
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It actually doesn't say he spent the night in hospital - it says "he ended up in hospital".
ETA - He was in hospital overnight prior to being placed with the FC'ers.
A new car ! How scandalous
I’m having a hard time imagining what the Coroner’s recommendation will be if it is found William was out of his FM’s sight for more than five minutes.What has happened to WT is the focus of the coronial inquest. It came up in discussions on here before about what types of recommendations the coroner might make to FaCs at the end when delivering her findings.The coroner may well find that the policies around confidentiality of not only a foster child's status but also those of the guardians is detrimental to missing children's cases.
In LH's podcast, she has talked about the policy of this confidentiality only being able to be broken in the most extreme cases and it was not considered so in WT's case obviously. I can't think of anything more extreme than a suspected child abduction/ homicide. The children more statistically vulnerable to abduction are foster children and certain criminal elements are aware of that and prey upon that. In response to FaCS losing their right to suppress identity in this case in a Supreme Court ruling, they have pursued and passed legislation at a state level that it is now illegal for any press to publish a child that goes missing from care. The only way, we will hear about it is if the child turns up dead.
Issues surrounding missing children from foster care is important for the public to know about. The government of the day, makes these policy decisions on behalf of the public about the standard these children receive. And it should be as close to par as all other kids in our society. These issues are directly linked to WT's case and past and future children who will go missing in state care. It is not in anyone's interest i don't think except for the bio families interests to ask the FC's, FaCS, and the community service worker and the head of the police investigation about what happened at every point along the way to see what all those people thought was a hindrance to concluding this investigation.
The FC's don't want to say they didn't keep an eye on him for over 5 minutes, FaCS don't want to admit they were an obstacle to a possible homicide of a child, the police don't want to outline where they think they could have done better etc. and no one at the inquest is going to ask those questions if it is not in their interest to. It is only in the BF's and public's interest to ask those questions to give the coroner a fuller view of the situation and more to consider in her findings. IMO
Thankyou for your correction.
Who gave that as the reason please?Correction? I didn't correct anything. He wan't in hospital overnight because of the bruised eye.
As you will see in a later post I made, assuming your still catching up, that he was in hospital overnight due to his neglected state when found with his Bio Parents.
Correction? I didn't correct anything. He wan't in hospital overnight because of the bruised eye.
As you will see in a later post I made, assuming your still catching up, that he was in hospital overnight due to his neglected state when found with his Bio Parents.
Who gave that as the reason please?
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