Finally, for a bit of good news.
QUEENSLAND'S Child Safety Minister Phil Reeves has apologised in Parliament for his department wrongly accusing a grandfather of rape and incest.
The apology came after The Australian published a story about the Queensland Department of Child Safety refusing for 18 months to correct a file that falsely accused the 64-year-old man from Toowoomba of being a rapist, and who was jailed for fathering his own grandchild.
The paper said the department still refused to believe him even after he presented a certificate from the police service saying he did not have a criminal record and a DNA blood test showing he was not the father of his granddaughter.
Mr Reeves told Parliament he was sorry about the department's mistake.
"For the stress and offence that this mistake has caused to all members of this family, I sincerely apologise," he said.
"While Child Safety is a very difficult and stressful environment for officers, this should never have happened and there is no excuse.
"As a result, I unreservedly apologise for the grief this mistake has caused."
He said the acting director-general had spoken to and apologised to the man.
But the Queensland Opposition says the Government only made moves to rectify the situation after it appeared in the media.
LNP child safety spokesman Jack Dempsey said the situation was appalling.
"This minister responds more to what's in the media ..." Mr Dempsey said.
"This issue was created over 18 months ago but when a media outlet contacts the department three hours later they get an answer."
Mr Reeves said he asked the department to review the case to ensure that there are no other documents incorrectly attached to the man's file.
"I have also asked for a review of the complaints process," he said.
Link:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/apology-given-over-false-rape-claim/story-e6frfku0-1225924037594
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7 comments:
Thanks for giving this some attention guys.
Bit more here...
Grandad falsely accused of rape and incest from the Australian...
Note this...
"Yet despite having this evidence before them, until your newspaper contacted minister Reeves, nobody would do anything, and we were warned about going to the media."
After he was vindicated his DCS case officer, Nicole Steele, still hadn't satiated her sadism...
Yesterday(14-9-2010) Toowoomba police held the grandfather in the watchhouse for 30 minutes after saying they had received a complaint from his DCS case officer, Nicole Steele, alleging that he had threatened her in a telephone conversation with other staff.
"I made no threats and I refused to give a statement, so they let me go," the grandfather said.
Speechless.
This is almost surreal. An apology from a Minister for a government department wronging a man over a sex charge? Surely this is a world first.
Amfortas says:
What this minister is sorry for, is that it came to light.
This is all because of feminism.
Nicole Steele - stupid woman....
An apology from a Minister for a government department wronging a man over a sex charge?
Words from a politician are like words from a woman: nothing.
What this minister is sorry for, is that it came to light.
Exactly.
Anon says
"This is all because of feminism."
I say, I don't know what feminism looked like 50 years ago, But neo Gender / Raunch feminism is a straight up perversion.
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