Thursday, September 17, 2009
Weak as ... STILL!
Call centre closure costs Melbourne 450 jobs
Newly merged telecommunication company Vodafone Hutchison has ended a Melbourne call-centre contract, leaving 450 workers redundant.
But a damning theme in the [Bushfire] commission’s report is that many of the measures it recommends were put to the Government – some of them repeatedly – in the years before Black Saturday, only to be rejected, ignored or delayed.
Brumby is exceedingly uncomfortable about this fact, having been in the policy engine-room throughout this Government’s 10-year life.
Child abuse experts say Victoria’s child protection system is in chaos after a damning report found protection workers had placed three children in the care of convicted sex offenders.
The Victorian ombudsman report also revealed that workers from the Department of Human Services failed to carry out police checks on carers, and uncovered a child protection system under immense stress.
A Victorian man has been charged with a series of sex and incest offences allegedly committed against his daughter over a period of 30 years.
This morning Victorian Premier John Brumby said he first learned of the case late last night.
“I can’t comment on the specifics,” he said.
With his hand on his heart the Premier said that despite all of that Henny Penny nonsense, everything was rooly rooly hunkydory in the untied state of Victoria.
"We still have the Grand Prix ... and Crown Casino is providing a community service beyond compare."
Labels: Places head between knees and takes deep breaths ... lots of 'em., Weak as.
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