How the NSW DET ridicules and persecutes whistleblowers

A document leaked by Carenne Public School staff member 'hatho' demonstrates how the Department of Education and Training treats whistleblowers. In the email, school principal Lynette Duncan claims that whistleblower Brian Carter was watching the school. Grant Hatch of the DET media unit replied "... whistle in mouth?" demonstrating the complete and utter contempt staff of the DET have for whistleblowers.

For more stories about how whistleblowers are treated by the NSW government visit wbde.org.

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Insiders at Carenne school Bathurst and the Department of Education and Training seem to be giving one another up in comments posted on Julie Browns http://carennegate.blogspot.com/ while compeating in a race to protect themselves from state government fall out over published allagations of child abuse and rorting of time sheets used to bill the school and government. The Minister for Education Verity firth would like this to go away while she fights to retain the seat of Balmain for Labor. The sort of thing she and other senior people are ignoring came out on 2GB two weeks ago. When an angry mother revealed special needs children like her son at Seven Hills West Primary shool are often placed in an area identifed as a "pig pen" for so called time out. Keep in mind special needs children are subsidsed by the state with extra funding to pay for staff to provide sometimes one on one supervision of special needs children. Bathurst Carenne school lept into promenance when it was revealed one teacher was alledged to have been involved in a sexual relationship with a male student.There are published reports of squabbles between staff at this once esteamed school ending in human shit being put on a school bus seat and left there for days while the bus was used to transport students between Bathurst and Lithgow Many readers will recall the problems of governance at Carenne was being discused here when indymedia crashed and burned shortly after published threats were made to destroy the Sydney site.

Unfortunately Australia has open season on shooting the messenger.
While Rudd waffles on about "WhistleBlower Protection Legislation" he acts ignorant of the existence of the state and federal Crimes Act stipulating that persecuting and intimidating a potential witness is criminal behaviour and liable to a hefty jail sentence

http://www.wbde.org/references/ReferencesExtractsFromCrimesAct.php.

It's strange that apparently no politician cares to push this barrow either.

Carenne Public School Bathurst has had two deputy Principals and the Principal of the schhool appear at bathurst local court on serious criminal charges also there is seven court cases in the courts and two pending court cases and Carol Macdimad and Peter Harvey still says there is nothing wrong with this school.This took place today Monday 16.4.2010.

Gerard Martin knows all about the abuse of innocent disable students also of the nepotism,fraud,and abuse of parents and the corruption going on in Carenne Public School Bathurst and has done nothing about it .

What about the students who don't get therapy at Carenne Public School Bathurst and Carenne Support Ltd are still claiming funding from the goverment for therapy thats not being done.

Carenne Public School has a pig pen just like seven hills school in sydney.

The faceas was put in the bus by a teacher and a teachers aid these people are sick and should not be near disable children.

These people known as the klan of Carenne Public School have bought Julie Brown Website Down four times so what have they got to hide in this Carenne Public School Bathurst.Verity Firth get your head out of the sand.

What about the teacher who supplys a 9 year old smokes and sit on the back steps of the school with him while he smokes.

CARRENNE SUPPORT LTD HAS JUST SACKED ANOTHER BUS DRIVER FOR NOTHING AND ARE BEING TAKEN TO THE UNFAIR DISMISSAL COURTS.THIS WILL BE EIGHT COURT CASES IN THE COURTS AS WE SPEAK AGAINST CARENNE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND CARENNE SUPPORT LTD.PETER HARVEY SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN THIS SCHOOL SO HOW COME THERE IS EIGHT COURT CASES GOING ON UNBELIEVEABLE.

From 2004 to 2006 I brought to the attention of DET management within my supervisor line management, continued evidence of what I considered, fraudulent professional behaviour within my immediate unit. I was unfortunately placed in the line of fire and left the department after 20 years of service. I was badgered, set up for multiple grievance sessions and never once issued a grievance of my own.

The grievance sessions were all about what I had said verbally, in writing. The experience of going to grievance because I had told one person, a peer, to shut up and another, a formner peer, then supervisor, to back off, were horrific. Each time I apologised. And then it started to wear me down, all this over exposure and ridicule under the auspice of formal and professional updating and staff development.