Wednesday, December 4, 2024

WHAT ELSE IS NEW IN AGED CARE?

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-04/aged-care-sex-abuse-scandal-queensland-rockhampton-eventide/104590916

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Whistleblowers should be financially rewarded, parliamentary inquiry recommends by Peter Ryan ABC News 13 September 2017

WHAT A PLEASANT CHANGE IT WOULD BE TO SEE GENUINE PUBLIC INTEREST WHISTLEBLOWERS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY RATHER THAN THEIR USUAL TREATMENT OF CONTEMPT AND VILIFICATION.

WHAT A PLEASANT CHANGE IT WOULD BE TO SEE THEM THANKED RATHER THAN OSTRACIZED AND SHUNNED.

WHAT A PLEASANT CHANGE IT WOULD BE TO SEE THEM REINSTATED IN THE JOBS THEY OBVIOUSLY LOVED RATHER THAN THREATENED AND SACKED.

THIS WRITER STILL HAS THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY THIS WILL BE OUTCOME FOR THE GENUINE PUBLIC INTEREST WHISTLEBLOWER WHO HAD THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE TO SPEAK OUT WHEN WITNESSING WRONGDOING.

'OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER'  
MARTIN LUTHER KING (1929 - 1968)

 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-13/whistleblowers-should-be-financially-rewarded/8942990

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Whistleblowers should get compo parliamentary inquiry finds by Adele Ferguson - The Canberra Times - September 13 2017

MP calls for whistleblower protection by Ed Jackson - The Sydney Morning Herald.

SING ALSO WOULD LIKE THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO REMEMBER JUST A FEW OTHER PUBLIC INTEREST WHISTLEBLOWERS VILIFIED  BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN THEY DISCLOSED WRONGDOING.
ALL EMPLOYEES JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR JOBS AND FULFILLING THEIR OBLIGATION TO THE PUBLIC AND ALL PAYING A TERRIBLE PRICE WHEN THEY SPOKE OUT.

RICK FLORI
CHRISTINE CAMERON
DR. CON ARONEY
ALLAN KESSING
SIMON ILLINGWORTH
TONI HOFFMAN
PHIL VARDY
KAREN SMITH
DEBBIE LOCKE

 http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/mp-calls-for-whistleblower-protection-20170906-p4yvr0.html

Monday, July 25, 2016

HIDDEN CAMERA CAPTURES ABUSE APPARENT SUFFOCATION ATTEMPT OF ELDERLY MAN IN ADELAIDE NURSING HOME. THE ADVERTISER BY BRAD CROUCH JULY 26 2016

SING'S ADVICE WAS TO USE CCTV MANY YEARS AGO.
NO ONE  LISTENED THEN AND NO ONE WILL LISTEN NOW.
SUCH A SIMPLE ANSWER TO SUCH A COMPLEX PROBLEM.
ONE HAS TO WONDER WHY THE USE OF CCTV IS NOT USED IN ALL NURSING HOMES. PERHAPS THIS ANSWER IS TOO SIMPLE.
THIS IS THE ONE INEXPENSIVE ACTION THAT WILL MINIMISE ELDER ABUSE.
MANY DECENT STAFF ARE WELL AWARE THAT 'BLOWING THE WHISTLE' ON AN ABUSIVE COLLEAGUE, COULD LEAD TO THE TERMINATION OF THEIR OWN EMPLOYMENT.
SING HAS STATED MANY TIMES ON THIS WEBSITE: UNTIL THIS GENUINE FEAR OF REPRISAL IS ELIMINATED, ABUSE OF OUR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE.
SING ASKS: IF THIS TYPE OF HORRIFIC ABUSE OF THE VULNERABLE ELDERLY IS NOT IN THE 'PUBLIC INTEREST' - WHAT IS?
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/hidden-camera-captures-abuse-apparent-suffocation-attempt-of-elderly-man-in-adelaide-nursing-home/news-story/a52d33211693fefa8d0da4d85f6748ca
PLEASE SIGN NOLEEN HAUSLER'S PETITION IF YOU AGREE.
https://www.change.org/p/australian-human-rights-commissioner-advocate-rights-video-surveillance-cameras-vulnerable-peoples-safety?recruiter=582301565&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition