Last Friday, I received an email from - The Premier.
You may remember I use to be Premier of my own
Virtual Government
but then I remembered my email address was just premier@queenslandgovernment.com not
ThePremier@premiers.qld.gov.au
I am so glad I worked out I can do far more as just a Granma, then if I was Premier.
Did I may the right choice? Of yes.
Premiers have departments and department people have a bad record of getting things very wrong- what I was outlining in email which prompted this response even one that takes six weeks coming.
On the 1st August I wrote newsletter titled. "Don't blame the Minister" in it I was calling for a Royal Commission into the Department of Family Service.
Well on Friday I received a reply to that request,(I didn't ask for one) in the form of email from "The Premier"
of the Queensland Government, outlining that he has done everything so an inquiry is underway thank to his Government.
This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named
recipient(s) only and may contain privileged and confidential information. If
received in error, please inform the sender as quickly as possible and delete
this email and any copies from your computer system network.
If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or
rely upon it and any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or
publication of this email is prohibited.
Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and
not the views of the Queensland Government.
As you would know, I immediately deleted it and all evident that it was ever on my computer as it wasn't addressed to me.
It was addressed to Mr Bowden, so must have been for someone else, or maybe I am a grandfather and just didn't know it.
These are the reasons I like been me, if I make a mistake, I can only blame me.
I can't blame a department person who didn't do his or her homework very well for The Premier.
Maybe I should have made the newsletter "Don't Blame the Premier" as he has told Mr Bowden all he has done to get to the bottom of the mess, I call the Department of Family Stuff Ups.
Back to the Inquiry, I hope that indigenous people will put submissions to this inquiry.
Only I am so busy, I could do one myself - no not a submission but - Royal Commission.
What a shame I am too busy being Granma Kerry and working with people who at least know my gender.
Any email you get from me by mistake you can do whatever you like with, keep it, send it on, copy it, sell it, send it on to the Premier and anyone else who might like to read it.
Mr Bowden won't mind I am sure. :-)
Granma Kerry Bowden
Global Children's Alliance
One Mind One Voice
A Family of Humanity
www.onemindonevoice.org
PS: I am never too busy to write a submission if it will help even one child get a fair deal from the Department of Family Service.
So to indigenous people and anyone else who has had dealing with this department over the years -again I say -this is a chance to look at the terms of reference and see if the terms set down by the government do allow a full inquiry. it's the terms of reference that get you the results you want.
