From: "Judith Tierney" To: "Michael John Reidy" Subject: Fw: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Bullying and Harassment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:31:39 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Australia Gov" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:01 PM Subject: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Bullying and Harassment [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Dear Mr Tierney Thank you for forwarding your inquiry to www.australia.gov.au - the entry point to Australian Government information and services. Please note that this is a referral service and, therefore, I am unable to answer your questions directly. I can, however, refer you to the most appropriate Australian Government website in relation to your inquiry. In relation to your inquiry about bullying and harassment, the Australian Government Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is well placed to assist you. The website address is: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/. Contact information is available at the following page: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/contacts/index.html. You may also wish to seek information from the Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland in relation to your inquiry. The website address is: http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/ and the page relating to your inquiry is: http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/main/complaints.html. For further information, contact details for this agency are available from the following page: http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/main/contacts.html. I hope this is of assistance. Regards Summer Email: jjls@bigpond.com Subject: Bullying and harassment of several individuals by a charity Comment: Bullying and harassment of several individuals by a charity called Qld society of St Vincent de Paul. From: Drysdale, John COPY Date: Monday, 19 February 2007 8:40 AM To: jjls@bigpond.com Subject: FW: JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY - http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Feedback James, Thank you for visiting the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations' Internet site. Your query has been forwarded on to the relevant area and they will contact you shortly. Regards John Drysdale Asst Communications Officer (Online Media) Business Applications Unit Corporate Solutions Queensland Ph: 322 52536 Fax: 340 43584 Email: john.drysdale@csq.qld.gov.au -----Original Message----- From: Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au [mailto:Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au] Sent: Sunday, 18 February 2007 8:00 PM To: Web.Master@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY - http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Feedback Regarding URL : http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Your Name: JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY Your Email: jjls@bigpond.com Your Feedback: To the DIRECTOR of WPH&S QLD. Extremely important official complaint reports where handed to the St Vincent de Paul Cairns administrator Maree Fell regarding St Vincent de Paul WPH&S representative Peter O'Shaughnessy. These reports never left Mrs. Maree Fell's St Vincent de Paul Cairns Anderson Street office. They were complaints that every time Peter O'Shaughnessy was stood in front of women he would deliberately maul his genitals, or hold and rub his balls as it has been described to me. Qld St Vincent de Paul State Vice President Judith Tierney personally told him to stop doing it when he did it in front of her. Rhonda Wallace reported these obscene acts to the then Cairns St Vincent de Paul diocesan President Marc King. They wonder how many more the Cairns Administrator Maree Fell threw away. These Official complaints describing criminal obscene behaviour by Peter O'Shaughnessy never went any further than Maree Fell. Because of women complaining and again nothing being done about these complaints I reported this behaviour to WPH&SAFTEY QLD DIRECTOR. Cairns WPH&SAFTEY regional manager Steve Lamb did nothing about this criminal obscene behaviour after I informed him. Cairns St Vincent de Paul WPH&S representative Peter O'Shaughnessy I understand was involved in these vicious and malicious rumours about Rhonda Wallace after Rhonda's official complaints to Maree Fell. ------------------- Rhonda Wallace worked as the Cairns St Vincent de Paul depot manager until she could not take any more stress - because of her blood pressure. A COPY of her letter to QLD Work Place Health & Safety Dear Sir/Madam, I was employed as a Depot manager for the Society of St Vincent de Paul for a number of years. I resigned from this position in May 2004 because the following reasons. I was consistently harassed by the administrator Mrs Maree Fell over issues I had no control over. The normal procedure was for, and had been for many years, that the depot manager would take home the depot vehicle in order to pick up volunteers and donations if need be, while travelling to or from work. With no reason or explanation Mrs Fell contacted me at work to inform me that I would no longer be allowed to drive the vehicle home. Rumours were began and circulated among other staff members and volunteers. These rumours were concerning my sexuality, and so I should not be working for the Catholic society. I took legal advice and a letter was sent to one person who I knew to be involved in these matters. However it did not stop. Mrs Fell would fail to give me enough notice of pending meetings or time to compose a report for a certain meeting, and then embarrass me by making remarks about these issues in front of other staff and volunteers. Eventually I refused to attend meeting with Mrs Fell or the Diocesan President Marc King without my union rep being present. One of the volunteers signed and had witnessed a Statutory Declaration stating he had witnessed two staff members speaking about this issue and then repeating it to a volunteer; this was given to the administrator. I attempted to have this matter dealt with by the Diocesan President Marc King, with no response. I had several days off work because of stress, twice I went to the hospital as a result of blood pressure. This constant intimidation and harassment eventually reduced me to such a desperate state, that I very seriously considered suicide. I was so depressed that I purchased the hose pipe and tape in order to kill myself in my car. I had also saved up sleeping tablets that had been prescribed to me. At about this time I had found another job, and so handed in my resignation to the Diocesan President, he asked me to reconsider and prayed over me, which I did but when I returned the next day the administrator said it was too late my resignation was accepted. This was said to me in an intimidating way. To my knowledge the Statutory Declaration and my attempts to address these issues were never taken any further than the Administrators office. It is only now that I am able to tell my friends of my contemplated suicide, and feel mentally able to address these issues. A friend of mine has recently told me that the Diocesan President Marc King, had said to him that he wished I would leave, as he didn't want me in this job. This statement was made well before my resignation. I have copies of letters of support from volunteers, union rep. and the Solicitors letter. I kept a record of all these issues on a day to day basis. Yours truly, Rhonda Wallace SHE STILL HAS HAD NO RESPONSE FROM ANYONE! 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I regret that this is not a matter over which the Governor has any jurisdiction, and I am therefore unable to assist you on this occasion. Regards, Annette Bastaja Official Secretary and Chief of Staff Government House 168 Fernberg Rd Paddington QLD 4064 Tel: 38585700 Fax: 38585701 ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------ A COPY OF PROFESSOR BRIAN MARTIN FROM WOOLONGONG UNIVERSITY ATRICLE - WRITING TO AUTHORITIES: IS IT WORTHWHILE? Professor Brian Martin Whistleblowers have written many thousands of letters to politicians, government departments, ombudspeople and the like. Indeed, some individual whistleblowers have written hundreds of letters on their own. Is this a worthwhile method of getting results? Letters can be about corruption, dangers to the public or whatever the correspondent is concerned about. They can also be to protest against attacks on whistleblowers. Speaking to a politician face-to-face or by phone often can produce better results than a letter, though even in these cases a follow-up letter is useful. But it can be quite difficult to actually get to speak to a politician. As well, a letter has the advantage of providing a permanent record. If you write a letter to the Prime Minister or some other Minister, it is normally referred to the relevant department. It is passed down the bureaucratic hierarchy to some public servant who is assigned the responsibility of drafting a reply. The draft is then passed back up the hierarchy, sometimes being modified on the way. It is quite unusual for a Minister to actually read a reply, even when his or her name goes at the bottom of the letter, which is not very often for "important" politicians.What you receive is a response from some public servant.I talked to three public servants who gave me candid comments on how the system operates. I'll start with the most optimistic account. Chris is a relatively new public servant who drafts replies to letters written to a leading minister. She is told by others to be as bland as possible. However, she prefers to be more conscientious. As well as finding out the other side of the story to that of the letter-writer, she sometimes will follow up the issue by ringing other departments to ensure that some action is taken.For example, if the matter falls within the jurisdiction of a state government, she will write a note or ring relevant people to make sure they res pond, instead of just writing back to the letter-writer to say that the matter is one for the state government. She says that a small percentage of public servants go out of their way to help letter-writers, but most give perfunctory responses. Chris recommends that letter-writers ask one or two specific questions. For example, "Is the minister aware of x? What are you going to do about it? I'm looking forward to your answer." such direct questions are more difficult to wriggle out of. She also says that there is lots of shuffling of letters between departments to find the right place. Therefore, you should find out beforehand exactly who you should write to. Also, send copies to other departments to make sure you are not fobbed off. Chris also recommends sending copies to opposition ministers. Thomas has years of experience in a major government department. He says that an individual person's complaint is normally ignored or dismissed. The department can stall by interpreting regulations differently, not responding, delaying through referral to committees, and a host of other methods. Public servants are trained in how to respond to protect current policy, in other words how to lie. In Thomas's view, writing letters will only have an impact if the writer represents a powerful force, such as a large number of people or prestigious figures such as judges, in which case writing may not be required anyway. The other time writing can have an impact is when potentially damaging disclosures might be made unless action is taken. Such disclosures could be made to the media. According to Thomas, media coverage is detested by bureaucrats and is the best way to get action. It is a waste of time for a whistleblower just to write a letter, since the power of the whistleblower comes from publicity. Chris notes that when it comes to potentially damaging disclosures, contacting opposition politicians is sometimes effective. They want to embarrass the government, at least on some issues, especially through asking questions in parliament. Alan has an even more cynical view of writing letters. He believes that many letters from whistleblowers, even though sent to different departments, are referred to the same department where they are answered by the same person! This is quite possible since there are very detailed systems of numbering and tracking of letters. Thus, a whistleblower may have the illusion of contacting different authorities when actually being thwarted in the same way over and over. Alan would go even further to suggest that writing to the government provides a way for a small group of public servants to keep tabs on whistleblowers. The general message from these individuals, as well as others I've talked to, is that writing letters to government is largely a waste of time, though there are a few public servants and politicians who will do what they can for you. Far better is to circulate your letter at your workplace or send it to the local newspaper. Find out the name of the journalist who covers your area of concern and then ring up to talk to them. With a bit of direct distribution and media coverage, the government will find out about your concerns quickly enough. ---------------------------------- COPY - Thank you for your message to the Prime Minister. Below is a copy of your comments to the Prime Minister for your records. If you have supplied a postal address, a reply may be sent to you via Australia Post. Your message may also be forwarded to other Federal Ministers for their consideration. This is an automatically generated email. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. If you have any problems with this service please contact the Web Administrator through the site feedback service at www.pm.gov.au/feedback/ --------------------- Copy of your comments ------------------------ Name: Mr JAMES VICTOR Tierney Email Address: jjls@bigpond.com Postal Address: 46 Oleander Street Holloways Beach Cairns QLD 4878 Australia Subject: Prime Minister Women that are bullied need your help as no one else will help Comment: James Victor Tierney 46 Oleander Street Holloways Beach Cairns 4878 07 40557667 email jjls@bigpond.com 28 FEBRUARY 2007 Prime Minister of Australian John Howard Dear John Howard. Sir, I sent to you four statutory declarations - three from three instructors that were then employed by Qld St Vincent de Paul in Vinnies Gym Cairns. I also sent mine after - Qld society officials closed Vinnies Gym because I became a whistle blower. Mr Prime Minister since then the Qld State Labor Government has totally ignored the harassed and bullied women by the Qld society officials their rights for justice. Two years ago these women first informed and have continually informed since then Qld WPH&S department in Brisbane and Cairns with documented evidence and they have just be totally ignored. I personally sent by registered mail to the Qld Work Place Health & Safety director 50 cm of evidence supporting the many claims of bullying and harassment by the Qld society officials of these women victims. This Qld department just returned all this evidence to me with no note or message nothing! Qld State Premier Mr Peter Beatie has ignored the appeals from these women vict ims for justice, as did Qld minister for communities Mr Warren Pitt. Qld CPU unit complaints official Mr Smart has informed these women victims Mr Pitt is not responsible for women in his community. Yet this same man Mr Pitt had his head in the Cairns Post newspaper stating publicly "DOB WOMEN BASHERS". Yet after me personally delivering to his office the same 50 cm of evidence supporting the many claims of bullying and harassment by the Qld society officials of these women victims he has again ignored them! I have reported the behaviour of the Qld labor politicians and officials to the Honourable Kerry Shine MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Premier in Western Queensland yet he has also totally ignored the pleas of these women bullied, one of these ladies contemplated suicide and others having official nervous breakdowns and cannot faction normally. I have also reported the lack of care for the welfare of women by these males to the Qld Governor. I informed on numerous occasions this behaviour to Qld state leader in opposition Mr Seeney again with no response. These ladies know you have a mammoth task as the Prime Minister of Australia. But because they see you as a courageous man for justice as well as a strong moralistic man, Prime minister after them exhausting all the appropriate departments and just being sent around on a Labor political merry-go-round, they ask why is their tax being spent on a department like Qld WPH&S that do not show any concern for women? And so they have begged me to ask for your expedient help for justice for bullied and harassed women, if you do not help bullied and harassed women they know no one else will. Yours most sincerely Jim Tierney ------------------------- From: jjls@bigpond.com COPY Date: Monday, 27 August 2007 3:22 PM To: Complaints@cmc.qld.gov.au Complaints@cmc.qld.gov.au Subject: Fw: We want justice From jjls@bigpond.com How much longer is this cover up of this so-called charity the society of St Vincent de Paul that has bullied and harassed volunteers and paid staff, and steals property belonging to citizens of Cairns. How much longer have the citizens of Cairns to wait before that anonymous government department provides justice for us? We do not need any more forms to fill in from that department, another stalling process as usual, we need JUSTICE that is being denied to us all. While the officials of Qld St Vincent de Paul can give away illegally $130 million dollars to fund Ozcare. This $130 million dollars was donated by generations of Queenslanders for the poor, not to finance a separate not -to -profit organisation that returns no money back to St Vincent de Paul here in Cairns, all published by The Australian newspaper and St Vincent de Paul member barrister Jack Williams. Every minister and department we have informed just stall us saying we have the wrong department, Qld Work place Health and Safety after inches of documents sent to them [all collated] just ignore us. All that department does is send us forms to fill in instead of being accountable to the victims of this secret society. So can someone in that department supply a NAME to CONTACT please no more forms just do something for us victims or get some other department that will. ---------------------------------- From: Judith Tierney COPY Sent: Monday, 28 May 2007 3:30 PM To: Enquiries@dtftwid.qld.gov.au Subject: HELP MONDAY 28 MAY 2007 Dear Minister Margaret Keech MP, Could you dear minister steer me to the appropriate department for these victims of the society of St Vincent de Paul. Mr David Smith Senior Policy Advisor has contacted me by letter with an email contact. I still get no response no matter what government department I contact on behalf of these victims. Could you find it in your heart to help me - help these women I am so very tired just being put on a political merry-go-round in the hope I will tire of all this. If it kills me, which it could very well do the way I feel about this total injustice to women, I will never stop because I feel justice for females is just as important as males. Sadly I have been shown total disregard by any male minister I have contacted so far. So please send me on the correct path and no more flim flam from advisors. Yours Sincerely Jim Tierney jjls@bigpond.com ------------------------------- recipient: ofw@dlgpsr.qld.gov.au subject: OFW Site Feedback,Bullying and harassment redirect: /?id=309 topic: Request for Information comments: Ref DVCC013181 2 May 2007 Mr Jim Tierney jjls@bigpond.com Dear Mr Tierney WELFARE OF AUSTRALIAN FEMALES Thank you for your email dated 26 March 2007 addressed to the Premier, Steve Bracks, MP, concerning the welfare of Australian females. As the matter raised falls within the portfolio responsibilities of the Minister for Women's Affairs, Jacinta Allan, MP, it has been referred to me for response. The matters you raise fall under state and local government responsibilities and are not ones in which Minister Allan can intervene. As you have been advised in replies to your inquiries from various State Ministers and Agencies, you should obtain and act upon professional legal advice. May I also suggest that you contact Women's Infolink, the information and referral arm of the Queensland Office for Women. Women's Infolink provides a state-wide free and confidential information and referral service about community services and government agencies supporting women who have experienced harassment and violence. It can be contacted Mondays to Fridays 8am to 6pm by telephone on 1800 177 577, or by email at info@women.qld.gov.au. Yours sincerely Fiona Sharkie. -------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith Tierney To: Philj.Smart@disability.qld.gov.au Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:19 AM Subject: thank you Phil Smart Senior Complaints Officer Complaints and Prevention Unit Complaints Compliance Investigations and Misconduct Prevention Branch Disability Services Queensland and Department of Communities dear sir, i thank you for your response, mr smart i do not know if you are a religious man or not. my sister-in-law judy tierney when acting in her profession was running wards containing 180 paranoid schizophrenics in psychiatric hospitals in nsw on her own. i remind you again she is my brothers carer. yet these st vincent de paul officials and some of qld politicians created the continual situation were she had a nervous breakdown. so i ask what do i tell my family in liverpool. my brother and his wife had their faith in their catholic religion destroyed, and sir you must agree for that to happen to anyone is traumatic, but it to happen to two people that have helped the disadvantaged all their lifes is just cruelty. again i thank you for your response. terry tierney jjls@bigpond.com -------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith Tierney To: Communities - SMTP Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: Stirling Hinchliffe For Stirling Hinchliffe - This individual made a life changing decision for many people on a SECRET copy of the report from St Vincent de Paul that we cannot even see a democratic Labor government my ARSE! [You may also wish to make a freedom of information request] To: Mr James Tierney C/- Ms Judith Tierney's email address of jjls@bigpond.com <mailto:jjls@bigpond.com> Dear Mr Tierney I refer to your email dated 8 March 2007, in which you requested clarification on Vinnies Gym being closed based on an operational decision by St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland. I wish to draw your attention to the advice provided by Ms Liliana Pacey, Manager, Complaints and Prevention Unit (CPU) in her letter date 30 January 2007 in which it was advised that to assist CPU in the assessment process, St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland provided, in good faith, a copy of the review report undertaken by an independent consultant on the understanding that this report not be given to anyone other than to the CPU complaints officer and senior departmental staff. You may also recall that a recommendation has been made to St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland to consider forwarding you a copy of the report undertaken by the consultant. This recommendation was based on the view that if you are provided with the report it may clarify St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland's deci sion to close Vinnies Gym based on operational and staffing issues which were identified in the report. It was also emphasised that this is a recommendation only as CPU does not have the authority to ensure this action is taken. CPU is of the view that providing you with detailed information from the report provided by St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland would be without the permission of the society. It is suggested you contact St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland to request a copy of their report regarding Vinnies Gym as referred to in CPU's recommendation. You may also wish to make a freedom of information request for a copy of the report which is held on departmental records. This request can be forwarded to Administrative Law Coordination (Freedom of Information) Unit, Department of Communities, GPO Box 806, Brisbane QLD 4001. It is the role of the Administrative Law Coordination Unit to determine the information that is able to be provided. If you remain dissat isfied with the way the department has handled your complaint, you may wish to contact the Queensland Ombudsman on 1800 068 908 or email to ombudsman@ombudsman.qld.gov.au I wish to confirm that your complaint, reference COM06 0379, in relation to the closure of Vinnies Gym has been closed and no further responses to this complaint will be provided. I trust this advice is of assistance. Phil Smart Senior Complaints Officer Complaints and Prevention Unit Complaints Compliance Investigations and Misconduct Prevention Branch Department of Communities, Disability Services Queensland and Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Ph 3406 2617 (Extn 32617) ------------------------------ From: Judith Tierney [mailto:jjls@bigpond.com] COPY Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2007 4:27 PM To: Wiener John Subject: I though you were different John Jimmy sees BISHOP JAMES FOLEY tomorrow I waited to hear from you why did you not answer me Judy --------------------------------- From: Wiener John wienerj@bigpond.com COPY Date: Thursday, 1 March 2007 5:59 PM To: 'Judith Tierney' <jjls@bigpond.com> Subject: RE: I though you were different Hi Judy & Jim Sorry that I took so long to get back to you, I have been away; I am not in a position of any influence within the Society at this point in time. I hurts me greatly to be aware of the anguish and suffering that you are both going through and my not being able to do anything to help you other than to listen. I have spoken to the state president tonight and he assures me that all of the gym equipment is available to you wish to take it off the Society's hands. Please consider taking up this offer it may enable you to in some way continue what you started. Good luck with your visit with the Bishop tomorrow, I will pray for you both Your friend John Wiener ---------------------------------- From: Drysdale, John <John.Drysdale@csq.qld.gov.au> COPY Date: Wednesday, 21 February 2007 5:54 PM To: jjls@bigpond.com Subject: FW: JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY - http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/corporate/contactus/feedback.epl Feedback James, Thank you for visiting the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations' Internet site. Your query has been forwarded on to the relevant area and they will contact you shortly. Regards John Drysdale Asst Communications Officer (Online Media) Business Applications Unit Corporate Solutions Queensland Ph: 322 52536 Fax: 340 43584 Email: john.drysdale@csq.qld.gov.au -----Original Message----- From: Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au [mailto:Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au] Sent: Wednesday, 21 February 2007 2:20 PM To: Web.Master@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY - http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/corporate/contactus/feedback.epl Feedback Regarding URL : http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/corporate/contactus/feedback.epl Your Name : JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY Your Email : jjls@bigpond.com Your Feedback : Jim Tierney sent this below to the QLD premier Peter Beatie And QLD minister Pitt. SENT AGAIN 21 FEBRUARY 2007: 1: 33PM SENT AGAIN 17 FEBRUARY 2007: 8:24AM HOPING THIS MINISTER WILL DO HIS JOB AND HELP THE BULLIED WOMEN IN HIS COMMUNITY ORIGINAL SENT: Sunday, 11 February 2007 8:14 PM COPY Mr Pitt Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Seniors and Youth, The victims, of St Vincent de Paul officials, have asked me again to contact you, they have been through another charade. This time with the Complaints and Prevention unit [CPU]. The unit you speak of below in your last correspondence to me. Like all you ministers this unit had no intention of helping these victims. So I will ask you again as the minister for all the above, who do they have to ask for justice, who do they have to contact to defend them? Who can these victims report this bullying and harassment TOO! WPH&S Cairns regional manager Steve Lamb has totally ignored them; QLD WPH&S director has ignored them TOO! So it looks like it is down to you again to advice these victims. Even though they know by your past actions, as you have passed them from one department to another you could not care less about their health, well being ect ect. Professor Brian Martin did forewarn them and true to his word - they have been passed from one department to another, in the hope they will just go away. Mr Pitt these are women bullied to such a degree it has affected their health mentally and physically. And all they ask is for you as their appropriate minister to help them. Why do you find it so difficult to help them? What have these women done to be treated with so much contempt by you? I make you this promise while these LADIES ask me to speak UP for them I will. I will continue to do what ever it is to get justice for these people, what I cannot understand is why you, and all the MEN after seeing all the evidence against these St Vincent de Paul officials are not prepared to stop these bullys of women. This is nothing to do with any Church this is plain and simple bullying and harassment of working class people from people who should know better. I am seeing Bishop James Foley shortly to get him to help these victims. Jim Tierney jjls@bigpond.com COPY Our reference: A/06/04296 COM 00582-2006 27 November 2006 Mr James Victor Tierney jjls@bigpond.com Dear Mr Tierney Thank you for your email of 24 October 2006 regarding St Vincent De Paul, Cairns. As previously advised your concerns regarding St Vincent De Paul, Cairns, will be managed by the Complaints and Prevention Unit (CPU) in accordance with the Department of Communities' Complaints Management System Policy and Procedure. I encourage you to continue to work with CPU whilst they investigate the matters you have raised. If you require any further information or assistance in relation to your complaint, please contact Mr Fraser Boyle, Senior Complaints Officer, Complaints and Prevention Unit, on 3406 2618. I trust this information is of assistance. Yours sincerely (signed) Warren Pitt MP Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Seniors and Youth System Variables CONTENT_LENGTH : 4785 Cookie __utma : 5642022.518584643.1171189799.1171189799.1171792685.2 Cookie __utmz : 5642022.1171189799.1.1.utmccn Cookie Apache : 138.130.250.50.1172029955938223 HTTP_REFERER : http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/corporate/contactus/feedback.epl HTTP_USER_AGENT : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; InfoPath.1) REMOTE_ADDR : 203.25.140.140 REQUEST_URI : /corporate/contactus/feedback.epl SERVER_SOFTWARE : Apache/1.3.31 ----------------------------------------------------- From: Drysdale, John <John.Drysdale@csq.qld.gov.au> COPY Date: Thursday, 22 February 2007 10:25 AM To: jjls@bigpond.com Subject: FW: JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY - http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Feedback James, Thank you for visiting the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations' Internet site. Your query has been forwarded on to the relevant area and they will contact you shortly. Regards John Drysdale Asst Communications Officer (Online Media) Business Applications Unit Corporate Solutions Queensland Ph: 322 52536 Fax: 340 43584 Email: john.drysdale@csq.qld.gov.au -----Original Message----- From: Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au [mailto:Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au] Sent: Thursday, 22 February 2007 9:21 AM To: Web.Master@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY - http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Feedback Regarding URL : http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Your Name : JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY Your Email : jjls@bigpond.com Your Feedback : PLEASE RESPOND NOW Mary Triant <accountant1@glenwoodhomes.com.au> COPY----Original Message----- From: Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au [mailto:Web.Server@detir.qld.gov.au] Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2006 6:10 PM To: Web.Master@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: Mary Triant - http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Feedback Regarding URL : http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/index.htm Your Name : Mary Triant Your Email : stablefnq@gmail.com Your Feedback : I am a director involved in setting a community NFP gym in Cairns to replace Vinnie's Gym closed down by the St Vincent De Paul Society. Following our efforts to retrieve the gym equipment from our predecessors for continued use by the gym and Cairns community, I have received by anonymous mail a letter strongly advising that I keep myself away from the argument of the gym equipment between Jimmy Tierney and various religious groups, this being none of my concern. With this threat received a couple days ago, I today completed a technical module exam in my CA (accounting professional year) accreditation course. I have seen and heard more than enough nonsense from this group and hope that they will be made accountable for their disregard of the Cairns community. Should you require further information, please contact myself by return email. 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Regards Gwen EO ________________________________________ From: Judith Tierney [mailto:jjls@bigpond.com] Sent: Monday, 26 February 2007 1:10 PM To: Toowoomba North Electorate Office Subject: Justice for women Dear Mr Shine, I received the email below from Annette Bastaja Official Secretary and Chief of Staff to the Governor. Sir is it possible for you to inform the women bullied and harassed by the officials of St Vincent de Paul as to why they have been given no support from the Qld Premier Peter Beatie. Mr Pitt minister for communities ect ect, [they were informed from the Qld CPU's unit Mr Smart] has no responsibility for women in his community, this is after him having his face in The Cairns Post stating "DOB IN WOMEN BASHERS". It seems to these victims Mr Pitt is not interested in helping women bullied and harassed because they were officials of St Vincent de Paul. Qld WPH&S director and the Qld WPH&S department have totally rejected these women RIGHT FOR JUSTICE. So Sir on behalf of these ladies in your official capacity as the - Honourable Kerry Shine MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Premier in Western Queensland. Please help these women bring their bullys and harassers to justice. If a man in you capacity does not seek justice for women bullied to the point of suicide - and mental breakdowns - then there is no justice for anyone. Please Sir help these women I will keep on doing what ever it takes to get them justice as they hope you should do. Jim Tierney jjls@bigpond.com -------------------------------------------------------------- From: Philj.Smart@disability.qld.gov.au Sent: TThursday, 15 February 2007 9:38 AM To: Judith Tierney Subject: Return my property Good morning Mrs Tierney The information forwarded by Mr James Tierney by registered post is being return mailed under covering letter to Mr James Tierney as the complainant. Trust this information is of assistance. Phil Smart Senior Complaints Officer Complaints and Prevention Unit Complaints Compliance Investigations and Misconduct Prevention Branch Department of Communities, Disability Services Queensland and Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Ph 3406 2617 (Extn 32617) ----------------------- From: Judith Tierney [mailto:jjls@bigpond.com] Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2007 8:57 AM To: Phil J Smart Subject: Return my property Mr Smart will you return all the registered information that cost me money to send to you. I have been asked to forward it to another department. Thank you Judith Tierney ------------------- From: Judith Tierney [mailto:jjls@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, 17 February 2007 8:30 AM To: Communities - SMTP CandDS@ministerial.qld.gov.au Subject: STOP BULLYING SENT AGAIN 17 FEBRUARY 2007: 8:24AM HOPING THIS MINISTER WILL DO HIS JOB AND HELP THE BULLIED WOMEN IN HIS COMMUNITY. ORIGINAL SENT: Sunday, 11 February 2007 8:14 PM COPY Mr Pitt Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Seniors and Youth, The victims, of St Vincent de Paul officials, have asked me again to contact you, they have been through another charade. This time with the Complaints and Prevention unit [CPU]. The unit you speak of below in your last correspondence to me. Like all you ministers this unit had no intention of helping these victims. So I will ask you again as the minister for all the above, who do they have to ask for justice, who do they have to contact to defend them? Who can these victims report this bullying and harassment TOO! WPH&S Cairns regional manager Steve Lamb has totally ignored them, QLD WPH&S director has ignored them TOO! So it looks like it is down to you again to advice these victims. Even though they know by your past actions, as you have passed them from one department to another you could not care less about their health, well being ect ect. Professor Brian Martin did forewarn them and true to his word - they have been passed from one department to another, in the hope they will just go away. Mr Pitt these are women bullied to such a degree it has affected their health mentally and physically. And all they ask is for you as their appropriate minister to help them. Why do you find it so difficult to help them? What have these women done to be treated with so much contempt by you? I make you this promise while these LADIES ask me to speak UP for them I will. I will continue to do what ever it is to get justice for these people, what I cannot understand is why you, and all the MEN after seeing all the evidence against these St Vincent de Paul officials are not prepared to stop these bullys of women. This is nothing to do with any Church this is plain and simple bullying and harassment of working class people from people who should know better. I am seeing Bishop James Foley shortly to get him to help these victims. Jim Tierney jjls@bigpond.com COPY Our reference: A/06/04296 COM 00582-2006 27 November 2006 Mr James Victor Tierney jjls@bigpond.com Dear Mr Tierney Thank you for your email of 24 October 2006 regarding St Vincent De Paul, Cairns. As previously advised your concerns regarding St Vincent De Paul, Cairns, will be managed by the Complaints and Prevention Unit (CPU) in accordance with the Department of Communities' Complaints Management System Policy and Procedure. I encourage you to continue to work with CPU whilst they investigate the matters you have raised. If you require any further information or assistance in relation to your complaint, please contact Mr Fraser Boyle, Senior Complaints Officer, Complaints and Prevention Unit, on 3406 2618. I trust this information is of assistance. 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