tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post8934705858585212818..comments2024-03-22T07:09:58.978+00:00Comments on Bob Hill Jersey Blog: Jersey Historic Abuse Inquiry-- One small stepBob Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-9420117156834550002012-11-14T23:10:53.551+00:002012-11-14T23:10:53.551+00:00He certainly has a point.He certainly has a point.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-56540011856541786902012-11-14T20:12:34.049+00:002012-11-14T20:12:34.049+00:00Tom Watson MP has said, “A narrow-down investigati...Tom Watson MP has said, “A narrow-down investigation is the basic building block of a cover-up.” It's what they do everywhere to keep the lid on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-28964001443567456012012-11-12T15:52:07.961+00:002012-11-12T15:52:07.961+00:00Thank you for submitting the comment above. I have...Thank you for submitting the comment above. I have managed to locate the website and as you say the posting above will suffice. As we know child abuse and cover ups is world wide and until Governments really get on top of the situation the problems will persist. At least Australia seems to be addressing the problem.<br /><br />PM Gillard always gives the impression that she is a no nonsense leader and not one to condone cover ups.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-30118707881198925442012-11-12T14:12:42.515+00:002012-11-12T14:12:42.515+00:00This is worth posting as it is..
Establishment o...This is worth posting as it is..<br /><br /><br />Establishment of Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse<br />MON 12 NOVEMBER 2012<br />Prime Minister<br />Canberra<br /><br />Today I have announced that I will be recommending to the Governor-General the establishment of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to instances and allegations of child sexual abuse in Australia.<br /><br />The allegations that have come to light recently about child sexual abuse have been heartbreaking.<br /><br />These are insidious, evil acts to which no child should be subject.<br /><br />The individuals concerned deserve the most thorough of investigations into the wrongs that have been committed against them.<br /><br />They deserve to have their voices heard and their claims investigated.<br /><br />I believe a Royal Commission is the best way to do this.<br /><br />The proposed terms of reference and proposed Commissioner will be submitted to the Governor‑General in due course, pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902.<br /><br />I will speak with relevant Premiers and Chief Ministers in coming days to discuss how the Royal Commission should relate to any current inquiries into similar matters currently proposed or underway in their jurisdictions. Discussions will also take place with victims’ groups, religious leaders, and community organisations.<br /><br />The Attorney-General and the Minister for Families will co-ordinate this work on behalf of the Government in coming weeks.<br /><br />Further announcements, including the proposed Commissioner and detailed terms of reference, will be made in coming weeks.<br /><br />I commend the victims involved for having the courage to speak out.<br /><br />I believe we must do everything we can to make sure that what has happened in the past is never allowed to happen again.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-90130106454943176682012-11-12T09:58:11.617+00:002012-11-12T09:58:11.617+00:00There appears to be a fault with the website above...There appears to be a fault with the website above, please could you re-submit with a site that will open.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-62187088462900687712012-11-12T08:47:48.981+00:002012-11-12T08:47:48.981+00:00http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/establishment-ro...http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/establishment-royal-commission-child-sexual-abuseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-88451070381032302622012-11-12T07:51:50.446+00:002012-11-12T07:51:50.446+00:00Thank you Voice,
Yes today is the day of infamy a...Thank you Voice,<br /><br />Yes today is the day of infamy and despite continual efforts to put the matter to bed and "move on," the matter will never go away.<br /><br />Mr Power is quite right to state "I would however simply for the record, remind readers what has been established from a number of credible and independent sources and disclosures. Namely, that my suspension was based on falsified documents, fabricated evidence, misleading information provided to States Members and the public by Jersey Ministers, and the testimony of a number of senior individuals who have since been publically discredited." <br /><br />The matter will have to be addressed by the COI and if it is not, the Committee's final report will not be credible. <br />Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-82933252627241826152012-11-12T07:29:34.628+00:002012-11-12T07:29:34.628+00:00Bob.
UnHappyAnniversary FOURBob.<br /><br />UnHappyAnniversary <a href="http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2012/11/unhappy-anniversary-4.html" rel="nofollow">FOUR</a>voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-2712209374711904542012-11-10T14:58:15.128+00:002012-11-10T14:58:15.128+00:00Great shame about the decision on the playing fiel...Great shame about the decision on the playing field. I think the tone is now set for Plemont, and other large scale planning issues As long as there is some tokenism to the green lobby, the developers will get their way.Mark Forskitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189827278867422775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-45672825788992331712012-11-10T10:43:33.989+00:002012-11-10T10:43:33.989+00:00I did listen to the first hour of yesterday's ...I did listen to the first hour of yesterday's programme and it became apparent that it was left to Rico to challenge Sen Le Maquand and not Matthew who can be quite challenging when he chooses to be, but yesterday was not one of his better days and I got annoyed when Sen Le Marquand's replies which were not in line with questions were not challenged by Matthew.<br /><br />It was a repetition of the questions without answers which is permitted in the States. As mentioned in the comment above the public derserves something better.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-19152182964531206212012-11-10T10:32:10.805+00:002012-11-10T10:32:10.805+00:00I attended the meeting and spoke but it was clear ...I attended the meeting and spoke but it was clear that the decision to approve the application to buld on the field had been made well before yesterday.<br /><br />I have a few preesing matters to attend but hope to publish a Blog on the meeting shortlyBob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-68847265704451222032012-11-10T10:09:00.391+00:002012-11-10T10:09:00.391+00:00BOB, so a new school for st Martins,when will they...BOB, so a new school for st Martins,when will they ever learn and listen to the people? the minister has passed the plans,subject to something to do with solar panels, obviously to consider energy,etc, with that in mind I would have thought the school would be facing south not west as it appears to be in order to take advantage of the sun,= Heat, during school hours, west facing will take a lot of heating in the winter months.I wish I had taken a bet with HONEST NEV. best regards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-27337376732552072232012-11-10T09:11:17.766+00:002012-11-10T09:11:17.766+00:00Just heard John Humphrys on Radio 4 tearing his bo...Just heard John Humphrys on Radio 4 tearing his boss apart mercilessly – yes, he had George Entwistle, the BBC Director-General, on live and made him look like a complete idiot. He was entirely justified in doing so and I believe that Entwistle’s days are numbered.<br />I gives me no satisfaction to see someone humiliated like this but JH did what all good journalists should do – he sought the truth from someone is a position of great trust and authority.<br />Oh for someone with JH’s integrity (and ability) on the BBC Jersey staff! Instead we have to put up with Matthew Price attempting to stifle bloggers and critical contributors and “sucking up” to the Home Affairs Minister who, yesterday, was in a position where a half decent journalist could have driven a coach and horses through his feeble performance.<br />The BBC has done great work for many decades in line with its Charter. We, the public, pay for the BBC from our licence fee and we demand open, honest, fair and balanced reporting. The top BBC management has, through a few crass and weak decisions, virtually brought the BBC itself to its knees.<br />The public of Jersey cannot rely on the JEP or CTV to undertake proper investigative journalism. But we can, and should, expect the BBC to fulfil this function – otherwise, let’s just shut the BBC in Jersey down altogether and let the purely commercial interests of the JEP and CTV get on with it. The BBC currently adds no value whatsoever!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-18663883654672051422012-11-09T22:04:05.842+00:002012-11-09T22:04:05.842+00:00As you say, I tried. What a sad state of affairs. ...As you say, I tried. What a sad state of affairs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-4299837326895198082012-11-09T18:54:28.246+00:002012-11-09T18:54:28.246+00:00Thank you,
I heard the first hour and the gloves ...Thank you,<br /><br />I heard the first hour and the gloves were off.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-74779093184449164042012-11-09T18:53:18.084+00:002012-11-09T18:53:18.084+00:00Its now Friday, don't think your comment is go...Its now Friday, don't think your comment is going to be published, but at least you tried.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-75121285438757938572012-11-09T17:44:33.103+00:002012-11-09T17:44:33.103+00:00Hi Bob.
Got up the Audio from today. You & yo...Hi Bob.<br /><br />Got up the Audio from today. You & your readers can Listen <a href="http://thejerseyway.blogspot.com/2012/11/bbc-radio-jersey-interviews-blogers.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a><br /><br />TJW.thejerseywayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401815536804277436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-23461557436199055362012-11-07T20:30:06.381+00:002012-11-07T20:30:06.381+00:00Thanks for a very interesting comment. Not sure ho...Thanks for a very interesting comment. Not sure how invitations to participate in the Inquiry will be handled, but I would have thought that the Committee will advertise its purpose and will invite people to participate. Having heard from some witnesses it may then invite other witnesses to attend. <br /><br />I do agree that the suspension of the former police chief is investigated because that should end the speculation as to the real reasons as to why he was suspended. Paragraph 10 in the TOR may allow for the Committee to investigate the matter.<br />Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-17214511514443298182012-11-07T18:45:26.828+00:002012-11-07T18:45:26.828+00:00Certainly one critical element of the upcoming inq...Certainly one critical element of the upcoming inquiry should be the fact that your expected Terms of Reference were mysteriously altered to water down the Napier Report. But I think we all know what really happened and why, and how no one will accept responsibility for preventing Mr Napier from looking deeper. For an effectively robust inquiry, you should be invited to contribute your input, and the roles of Mr Richardson regarding Mr Napier should be re-examined. Without that, there is no sincere investigation into the blatant political interference already so obvious from the evidence.<br /><br />Above all, to be a credible inquiry, Mr Power and Mr Napier should be able to get all their views and statements made public. That will never ever happen as long as the Bailhache brothers have influence. <br /><br />I think the word "closure" says it all. They want to finally close down the search to establish what really happened, and as is being seen with the previous investigation into North Wales child abuse, a huge and terribly expensive inquiry is their one last chance to limit, spin, and finally manage the steady drip, drip, drip of sinister new allegations and factual accusations of continuing cover-up. To do so, they will admit to a few more mistakes, claim lessons were learned, and sacrifice a few dead celebrities and lower level, less well connected paedophiles.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-14985021200013173102012-11-07T09:33:47.497+00:002012-11-07T09:33:47.497+00:00Bob.
I think you are right about the lawyers. If t...Bob.<br />I think you are right about the lawyers. If the COI is interviewing abuse victims I am sure that this will be done in camera. On the other hand, when those who might be involved directly or indirectly with actual abuse are interviewed, hiding behind lawyers will speak as loudly as if they spoke honestly. <br />We should all be constructive now and hasten the setting up of the COI. I don't think that arguing over minute details of the COI will achieve anything other than further delay. Perhaps some of our leaders are actually counting on such arguments in that a delay is what they want.<br />It also seems that the JEP is determined to hold its partisan line in supporting the cover up. The comment I submitted yesterday on their article has not been published. I wonder why a newspaper chooses to suppress comments that criticise it? I wonder how many other critical, non-abusive comments are suppressed? I wonder why the JEP is so determined to hold onto their untenable position - what are they afraid of?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-47376434313043562302012-11-07T08:05:09.833+00:002012-11-07T08:05:09.833+00:00It is likely that lawyers will advise their client...It is likely that lawyers will advise their clients accordingly but as you say it will soon become obvisous that the client is hiding something. The procedure does allow for evidence to be heard in camera, which is only fair because I am pretty sure that some witnesses will be concerned for their own well being.<br /><br />I think the Committee will be to "street wise" to allow the Inquiry to become a farce as they too will be under close scrutiny from the public. Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-22338638903032897912012-11-07T07:59:24.281+00:002012-11-07T07:59:24.281+00:00It is certainly an opportunity for the victims and...It is certainly an opportunity for the victims and any one else to come forward and I hope the opportunity is not missed.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-10774858521709096012012-11-06T23:31:07.161+00:002012-11-06T23:31:07.161+00:00I truly believe that the need for lawyers will bec...I truly believe that the need for lawyers will become blatantly obvious the moment the hearings are underway. I don't believe for a minute that people will be allowed to speak freely. They will be stopped by the lawyers from naming names for a start. Well. We'll see. Will it be the farce that some of us have predicted it will be or will the states do the honourable thing for once and ensure that this inquiry is carried out as it should be? Only time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-89573138412553199552012-11-06T22:51:35.402+00:002012-11-06T22:51:35.402+00:00It is interesting to see that the JEP has highligh...It is interesting to see that the JEP has highlighted the cost of the Inquiry at £6m. The high cost will only be because of the legal support for witnesses and one wonders why witnesses need a lawyer to help them with their evidence? <br /><br />Napier was a disappointment and it does look as though he took his money and ran away. I am not sure if that is the case, his TOR was changed and I am pretty certain that his report was amended. I was supposed to have oversight of the review but was denied the opportunity of seeing Napier's two draft reports. The fact that he did not come over to present his report leaves one to believe that he wanted nothing further to do with Jersey and its corruption.<br /><br />Even when my complaint against Mr Richardson was investigated the only two witnesses Mr Napier and Mr Power were not interviewed. therefore it is not surprising that my complaint got no where.<br /><br />I don't think we have any fears of any dodgy dealings from the Greffier.Bob Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834363721495974167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596634218626697583.post-15809176704315312592012-11-06T22:34:32.011+00:002012-11-06T22:34:32.011+00:00the public will be watching intently every step of...the public will be watching intently every step of the way, and no amount of governmental obstruction or interference will be tolerated by the world weary good people of jersey. this represents a chance to rip out this evil root and branch and bring the possibility of real healing to the broken victims. no matter how deep this abomination goes it must be brought into the light and dealt with conclusively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com