Australias' New Stolen Generation

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Monday April 25, 2005 07:30

by oz.unslaver.com - oz.unslaver.com

Monday, 25 April 2005
There is no doubt that one of Australias’ greatest shames is the Stolen Generation of Indigenous Children. While the debate over that sad part of our past rages, another Stolen Generation is happening under our noses and we aren’t seeing it.

This new generation of children raised outside their family is not restricted to Aboriginal children but is applied equally to all children across the board.

The Department of Child Safety has been given open range to exercise the Child Protection Act 1999 without any recourse left open to the parents of Queensland.

The family shown below (Morning Bulletin QLD, 11.12.04) contested the 12 month Order on the 24.12.04 in the Gladstone Family Court and obtained a ruling to have the Child returned to their care.

This case has not ended with the return of the child. Infact it is to be heard at some point in the near future on points of law revolving around the time an Australian minor can be kept from her family without legal advise, Departmental input or any rights afforded to her and the absolute denial of her civil rights by the same Department.

This case is becoming the interest point of many Civil Liberty Groups globally because of the far reaching impact of having this matter settled for an Australian Citizen against the Human Rights of children held in detention as illegal immigrants.

This story becomes more remarkable when it is taken into account that this family have self represented their own cause through Court, including in the hearing that saw the child returned to their family care.

The parents were refused legal representation by the local legal firms and Legal Aid QLD. The reasons given in all three cases were – you are wasting your time, you can’t win, the Department has too much power.

This philosophical interpretation of the Departments Legal Rights has been compromised by this family’s ongoing determination to expose the new social calamity and growth industry – The Modern Stolen Generation.

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