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Thread ID: 135787 2013-12-12 02:12:00 And no-one noticed in all that time??!! pctek (84) PC World Chat
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1362344 2013-12-12 02:12:00 www.nzherald.co.nz pctek (84)
1362345 2013-12-12 04:08:00 Bit lost for words here. Webdevguy (17166)
1362346 2013-12-12 07:10:00 Yeah, that is weird, and a bit sad...... lakewoodlady (103)
1362347 2013-12-12 07:23:00 And no-one noticed in all that time??!!Urm, noticed what? Greg (193)
1362348 2013-12-12 18:37:00 Apparently they did notice but did nothing. And we think NZ CYFs is bad:

www.smh.com.au

The extended family first came to the attention of authorities in June 2010. Over the next two years, seven 'risk of significant harm reports' were issued, mostly relating to neglect, failure to seek necessary medical attention and failure to ensure the children attended school.

Initially the family complied with a request in June 2012 from social services to improve their living conditions but a month later 12 children, all cousins, ranging in age from five to 15 years, were removed by police after the authorities concluded that they would be at risk of harm if they remained at the property.

The intergenerational abuse is thought to date back 40 years. The grandparents of the children removed, Timothy and June Colt (pseudonyms given to them by the court), married in New Zealand in 1966. They had seven children, Rhonda, Betty, Cherry, Frank, Charlie, Paula and Martha (all pseudonyms). The family moved to Australia, living in various locations across four states.

Soon after the Colts arrived they came to the attention of police and the education department for failing to send their children to school. The education authorities were unable to find the farm because it was so hidden, but a local policeman visited early on and told the mothers they had to send their children to school.

The younger ones were enrolled in a small bush school with remedial teachers, while the older children were enrolled at the high school.

But all was not well. The children's attendance at school was patchy, several of them were rake thin and wore dirty clothes. Soon risk-of-harm reports began coming in to the Department of Family and Community Services from teachers and the local bus driver.

the Colts were registered for federal benefits, raising questions about how state authorities were unable to follow up on these vulnerable children.


But it took two years before the department acted.



Read more: www.smh.com.au
pctek (84)
1362349 2013-12-12 20:34:00 NZ couple spawn Australian incest cult.

A New Zealand couple have been identified as the couple who started a family that committed generations of incest in Australia.

home.nzcity.co.nz
zqwerty (97)
1362350 2013-12-13 01:31:00 Takes the heat off Tasmania for a while. Whenu (9358)
1362351 2013-12-13 01:46:00 Takes the heat off Tasmania for a while.

True but unfortunately not really something to be proud of...
Webdevguy (17166)
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