Monthly Archives: May 2010

Breaching Deaths: Plausible Denial, Reckless Indifference or just plain old fashioned incompetence?

(The postings in this Blog are a memorial to the more than 3 million Aussie Battlers have been Breached. It is especially a memorial to the (estimated) 5,000+ Aussie Battlers who did not survive being breached. Please, help to spread … Continue reading

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The Australian Crime Commission won’t investigate alleged political corruption.

(The postings in this Blog are a memorial to the more than 3 million Aussie Battlers have been Breached. It is especially a memorial to the (estimated) 5,000+ Aussie Battlers who did not survive being breached. Please, help to spread … Continue reading

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Compliance is a two way street: Part 1 of 5 parts.

(The postings in this Blog are a memorial to the more than 3 million Aussie Battlers have been Breached. It is especially a memorial to the (estimated) 5,000+ Aussie Battlers who did not survive being breached. Please, help to spread … Continue reading

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Compliance is a two way street: Part 2 of 5 parts

“Assistance is targeted at those most in need. People with no other means of support are assisted in their basic costs of living”. Paragraph 47, 2002 Welfare Reform Discussion Paper. That statement highlights the critical but very obvious fact that … Continue reading

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Compliance is a two way street:- Part 3 of 5 parts

The humanitarian consequences of Breaching/Compliance Measures that were reported to the Pearce Inquiry and which were summarized in the inquiry report are evidence of the planning and execution of a welfare policy that was shorn of any socially or morally … Continue reading

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Compliance is a two way street:- Part 4 of 5 parts.

Are “Compliance Measures” valid? Given the well known and widely reported humanitarian consequences of compliance measures, plus the unreported Post-Breaching Terminal Outcomes, it is vital that the question be asked, are these Breaching/Compliance measures valid? I hope that previous comments … Continue reading

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Compliance is a two way street:- part 5 of 5 parts.

Human Rights Violations. In August 2003, I filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (hereafter referred to as HREOC) alleging that the policy known as ‘Breaching’ violated 24 basic human rights as set out in … Continue reading

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