It happens in Aussie,under watchful eyes of neighbours
and government officials!!why??
This is another ''anti aussie'' thread!!
But no other news make me more sick than this news.
How can u make a 7 years old kid starved to death in 2007,
and in Aussie?Her body is only 9 kg!!??
and she lived in a urban area where neighbours saw
her absent from school.
They called Department of Community Services but no action
taken.
Aussie system has failed.
---We failed Shellay Ward.
www.smh.com.au 09 nov 2007.
'We failed Shellay'
November 9, 2007 - 1:26PM
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The director-general of the NSW Department of Community Services
admits the system failed Shellay Ward, the seven-year-old girl who
is believed to have starved to death.
Dr Neil Shepherd made the admission six days after Shellay's
lifeless, 9kg body was found in her home at Hawks Nest, north of
Newcastle, on Saturday.
"I'm appalled that this child died in those circumstances and it is
clear that there are concerns with the department's handling of
that case," Dr Shepherd told reporters.
"I think you'll find that the minister has already said that the
system appears to have failed this child.....
2.Cries for Shellay to be helped went unheard,Bellinda
Kontominas and Andrew Clennell.November 9, 2007
.....Mrs Reid said that the first time she reported the family
to DOCS, social workers investigated and took the youngest of the
four Ward children away to foster care. After her second report
nothing was done. Once the family moved she made a third
report.
"I originally reported it because it was an unusual situation when
you don't see kids in the yard ... and DOCS did come," Mrs Reid
said.
She said Shellay was "quite chubby and healthy" when she last saw
the child, about eight to 10 months ago.
Another neighbour, Darlene, called DOCS four years ago with
concerns. "We'd see them at home through school hours every day of
the week. They were dressed in really old dirty clothes. They were
really pale like they had never seen the sun and their hair was
really matted.
In the five or so years they lived there Darlene saw the wife once
- going to the letterbox.
"This is 2007, there should not be children allowed to die like
this. That is the saddest part, that DOCS had taken the baby and
left three other children in that situation.".....
3.no country is perfect.report the bad of SG here.
4.
(NSW)Community Services Minister Kevin Greene, who
is under intense pressure over a number of tragic cases of children
who have died despite being under the watch of his department,
announced the move at a news conference today.
---/www.smh.com.au,Andrew Clennell
November 9, 2007 .
Form another body to oversee is useless.
U have to change the working cultures of aussie public
servants.
