Fun fact: I actually did meet her once. After the last bloke Luke Donnellan or whatever his name was got sacked (or probably resigned), she wanted to come do a tour of a Resi house. She hit up my old org and asked to get a tour of some houses, and they chose mine because it was settled at the time and she wasn’t too likely to be attacked. She seemed alright, I always imagined if a minister ever came to a Resi house they’d bring bodyguards and bulletproof vests (keep in mind I first entered Resi when I was 11, hardly had experience with ministerial visits). She only brought 1 dude, James, her personal assistant or something I guess, and the ceo of the last organisation. I gave her a brief rundown of my worst experiences and she seemed to listen, I also offered I’d be happy to share more with her another day, but she never took me up on that
They were never going to drop a minister into a shit situation, it’d make them look terrible. Here look Minister, a bunch of well behaved and settled kids, the system works, gib money.
I’ve had a few friends work in resicare, they said that there’s basically either kids taken out of bad situations or kids who are the bad situation. They felt it was bullshit that both types got mixed up in the houses.
If you’ve met her before, mention it if you make contact.
You could hit up the Minister for Children with a rundown of your bullshit experience.
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/lizzie-blandthorn/
Fun fact: I actually did meet her once. After the last bloke Luke Donnellan or whatever his name was got sacked (or probably resigned), she wanted to come do a tour of a Resi house. She hit up my old org and asked to get a tour of some houses, and they chose mine because it was settled at the time and she wasn’t too likely to be attacked. She seemed alright, I always imagined if a minister ever came to a Resi house they’d bring bodyguards and bulletproof vests (keep in mind I first entered Resi when I was 11, hardly had experience with ministerial visits). She only brought 1 dude, James, her personal assistant or something I guess, and the ceo of the last organisation. I gave her a brief rundown of my worst experiences and she seemed to listen, I also offered I’d be happy to share more with her another day, but she never took me up on that
They were never going to drop a minister into a shit situation, it’d make them look terrible. Here look Minister, a bunch of well behaved and settled kids, the system works, gib money.
I’ve had a few friends work in resicare, they said that there’s basically either kids taken out of bad situations or kids who are the bad situation. They felt it was bullshit that both types got mixed up in the houses.
If you’ve met her before, mention it if you make contact.