Granny-Gate – Sex For Cig’s – Brumby Government Goes From Bad to Bloody Unbelievable!

posted by Scott Kane on Friday, September 25th 2009

Is This What Victoria Has Reduced Elderly Women To?

Community Services minister Lisa Neville says:

“…the state government had begun the process of improving the care-home sector and that it was unacceptable if women were exchanging sexual favours for necessities.”

This only comes after the Victorian Public Advocate, Colleen Pearce, tells Victoria:

“It is not uncommon for us to hear about (elderly) women either trading cigarettes for sex or else being raped.”

Epic Fail, Minister!

When a Minister of the Crown who is ultimately responsible for the portfolio in which this is allegedly taking place only offers us spin about beginning “…the process of improving…” we are sorely in need of a ministerial resignation.

Minister We’re Talking About Crimes – Not “Favours”

Colleen Pearce is rightly and justifiably outraged.  But for the minister who holds ultimate responsibility of thousands of elderly woman and men to call it “…unacceptable…” is a sick, perverted joke at the expense of our loved ones.  A group who, by definition, cannot look after themselves and  are generally voiceless, apart from the work of Advocates like Colleen Pearce.

Not “…unacceptable…” Minister – the word to use is intolerable.

Across every area of responsibility,  Brumby government is always “gonna fix it” – yet they preside over a mess, one they’ve created through negligence and a complete lack of interest.

This has become the anthem of the Brumby Labor government.

“Gonna!”

Stated Plainly Cigarette Smoking Is An Addiction.

Using a powerful addiction to a substance such as nicotine found in cigarettes – an addiction experts state is harder than heroin to beat – as a tool to rape must not be minimised by calling it a “favour”.

It’s a crime.  A crime under state, federal and international law.

It’s disgusting.

What is it with the Brumby government?

• We’ve got the Bushfire Royal Commission tasked with finding no blame.
• The Brimbank Botch Up.

And now..

• Nursing Home Bordellos?

The community is sickened by reports of women being trafficked to work in the sex trade.

There is very little difference here.  These people are vunerable – in many cases as vulnerable as children.

This is the era – or should that be error? – of Labor party spin, big government advertising budgets to tell us of their glorious achievements.

Perhaps Labor will make a TV commercial now asking Victorians to:

• “Ration” their abuse of the elderly, in keeping with their water policy,
• Dob in a Granny Grabber

…or some other trendy, disconnected “shiny” campaign to demonstrate their total lack of real concern.

That the press haven’t called this “Granny-Gate” is in itself amazing.

Our Elderly Depend On Us As Much As Our Children For Protection

Elderly people constrained to nursing homes should be receiving care – not abuse – respect – not rape -  palliative care – not pain.

Resign Minister!

Scott Kane