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ace2010  

About ace2010

I am here to help those who really need it. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Anora Eldorath  

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Namaste-Anora

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michael_030  

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Rhub  

My Sister Letty Scott Obituary. Letty was Painter, songwriter, poet, Artists, Activist and friend of Mankind.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/activist-painters-fight-revealed-deadly-secret-20090227-8k6d.html

 

 article:

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/785/40445

Letty Scott, 1952 – 2009


28 February 2009


On February 14, Letty Marie Scott (nee Gibson) Nupanunga, of the Anmatyerre nation in Central Australia, passed away, aged 56. Letty was a lifelong campaigner for justice — especially on the issue of black deaths in custody, which touched her life indelibly.

Letty was perhaps best known because of her husband, Douglas Bruce Scott, who died under suspicious circumstances, found hanged in a prison cell in Darwin’s Berrimah jail on July 5, 1985, aged 26.

Even though Douglas was held in custody for “indecent language” for four times the legal remand period, the subsequent inquiry found that he had been in “lawful custody”.

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary — including eyewitness accounts from fellow inmates — both the police inquest and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody found Douglas Scott’s death to be suicide.

After 20 years, Letty eventually succeeded in having Douglas’s body exhumed for expert forensic study — which found lesions on his body to be consistent with torture. Even then, the subsequent hearing found in favour of the three prison officers accused of Douglas’s murder.

However, the judge also indicated that, “on the evidence before me I am unable to be satisfied that the deceased took his own life”, and roundly criticised the police investigation into Douglas’s death.

While far from achieving justice, the decision tore apart the veil of police lies around the case.

In 1999, Letty took her struggle to the international level, when the US First Nations people, the Pequot, sponsored her to testify before the United Nations.

In the face of institutionalised racism in the Northern Territory, and in Australia more broadly, Letty continued her struggle for justice up until her death — over two decades after Douglas was killed — calling again in 2005 for the inquiry into Douglas’s death to be re-opened. She only withdrew charges when she could no longer afford the legal costs.

Letty lived her final years under the shadow of cancer, and hundreds of friends, family and supporters held a fundraiser in 2008 to help her return to her homeland in the NT, where she hoped to finish her days.

By a stroke of fate, however, it was in Sydney, not the NT, where time’s attrition gave Letty the rest she so often refused to take in life.

A fundraiser has been set up to ensure her body is returned to her homeland.

In remembering Letty Scott, we remember an individual who refused to accept the sometimes awful hand that fate dealt her, preferring instead to fight determinedly to the bitter end in the name of justice.

She remains an inspiration and, while the killers of Douglas Scott, Daniel Yock, John Pat, TJ Hickey, Mulrunji Doomadgee, and all the other Indigenous people killed in jail, walk free, she remains a role model for those of us who believe that justice is a right, not a privilege.

Letty is survived by her husband, Daniel, her children Michele, Dianna, Nathan and Monica, by granddaughter Soraya, and by her sisters Linda and Rhubee.

The funeral was held in Alice Springs on February 28. Please contact 0431 069 444 or 0403 294 890.

To donate to the Letty Scott appeal, please make donations in the following account:

Nathan W Scott: BSB 06 2231 account number 10180979.

 

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Laura14  

OMG! BEST JOB IN THE WORLD! APPLY BY FEB 22!

Have you seen it on the news? Surely you have. The best job offer ever. Australia is offering some lucky applicant 6 months on a beautiful island, they'll pay them $105,000 US dollars, and all they have to do is blog for about 12 hours a month.! It's Legit!!!  They are taking applications until Febuary 22nd and the job starts in July. It's hard to get on their website, but here it is. http://www.islandreefjob.com . Duties include cleaning the pool, feeding fish, snorkling, exploring the Great Barrier Reef, and blogging about it. So far the only requirements I have seen are, speaking and writing english. And the ability to blog. They are supposed to pick 11 finalists, and fly them to the island for a final interview. How Cool!!! Everyone should check it out! Good Luck! Again, It's very hard to get on the website! The world news is saying it's not a hoax, so don't blame me if it turns out to be. But wouldn't it be great? Maybe a little lonely, but it would be totally worth it.

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sarah 19  

I need a miracle.

My Name Is Sarah Willis. I have just returned from a year trip to Australia. In my time in Australia I found out my passions. I am 20 years old and im passionate about seeing a yound generation reach their full potential in life. Im part of a uni programme called The Red Frog Crew in Aus which is a support group for uni students. We go out on the streets to help the drunk uni students hand out water and get them home safe. We also do free bbqs and study help. Im very keen to get back out to aus however in order to get a visa I need to go to uni. I gave up on uni because iv never had the money and my parents cant support me. However my dream is to study speech pathology. I need about 28k to do this. I am also wondering if there is a scholorship available fo this kind of thing. Im excited iv found what i want to do in life I just need the financial support to do so. any ideas??

sarahannewillis@hotmail.com

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Koalahug1  

About Koalahug1

I am an Australian mother of 4. I brought my children here for a Holiday after there Grandmother passed on, For having been so well behaved while she was sick. I met a man and we married (not always an ok marriage). We went to do our INS papers and the man took off with my daughters and my passports and airline tickets he also took the monies we had planned for this. I have looked into asking for help like this before but I believed that there were other people worse off than us. Until today. My husband has lost his job. Rent is due next week lights too.  My husband can't afford to do our papers with the INS because we really live from check to check barely making ends meet, we have no savings. We have lived in different Shelters in a couple of States for homeless people and I don't want my children to go back to that. We need to go home so that we may have our lives back. When we have tried to get some form of help they ask for our Social #'s and as we don't have any they try different ways to get around that but it always fails. After suggestions from people that worked with these Shelters I have written to different talk shows like Oprah, Montel and Maury and never recieved any replies besides the automated ones. We have tried asking State Governments for help but they tell us that they are unable to help us, I have contacted Govenors Offices after people told me that they would be able to help but again they just seem to end up going in circles too. We do not recieve any form of welfare. We entered this Country legally and we are stuck. I can't work legally so I have no income, I can't save money to go home, and if my Husband was to leave us we would have nothing, without my Husband (no matter what state the marriage is in) we would have the clothes on our back and be sleeping under the stars, hungry. Which we have done (as I remember when I found out that my ex Husband emptied a bank account I had back home) when I found this out I thought how we could have used that money to go home or to get food, at that time we had been living in a tent on a campground for months, my husband had left me at one point and we found ourselves at one of the Shelters we have stayed in. I don't want my Children to have to relive what they have already been through. I remember a man that tried desperately to help us he lived with his mother and he tried to help us by taking us to different Goverment Offices where everything we tried didn't work. I clearly still remember how the shelters were.  I have no family here except for my Husband and Children. I can name the Shelters we stayed at I can even remember some of the staff but mostly I remember how they treated people. We have moved several times most of the time with less than a days notice to get out, leaving belongings with neighbours or childrens friends that we unfortunately have never seen or been in contact with since, so my children over the past have lost a lot of belongings, mostly without complaints. In person I find it terribly hard to say Thankyou to someone for showing some kindness or offering us help as we haven't recieved much of it in our past here and I have a hard time getting those words out without a showing of emotion. I am embarrassed and ashamed to be asking for help. I believe that in order for you to decide to help us or not you should know something of our lives. Thankyou with all our hearts.

Trying to push my story further and further so I have also created a Blog


If your interested Please have a look, I am slowly adding to it and trying to get it where people will see it. Thank You.

http://raisinghelp.blogspot.com/

 

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bindiloo  

Wish the rich would spare some.

Hi everyone, well heres my story its not too tragic but its got our life on hold. We have one little girl and a mortgage and we also a problem,that problem is a $20,000 personal loan which we had to get a new car with and consolidated old debts so it added up to that amount. Its costing us $511 a month. I work nights 4 days a week and my husband works full time. I may have to give up my job as my husband goes on trips and we have no-one to mind our daughter. If we didnt have that $20,000 loan then we'd be fine and could afford a little brother or sister for our daughter and it wouldnt matter if i just worked casually instead of the set 4 days which interfere when my husband goes away but we are so desperate to get rid of this loan. I wish i wish that the rich people could spare some so we could be comfortable not rich but able to survive this overpriced world we live in. I dont waste money and i dont smoke and only have a bourban once in a blue moon and we dont go out ever. So its not like we throw the little money away that we do have.

 

 

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earthygirl  

earthygirl

Hi, I feel like I have little right to add my wish list to AidPage having read some of the heart-rending plights of other users. I'm a UK barrister, and at 27 years old have most of the things in life that people could search a whole lifetime for and fail. I have two beautiful childen, the love of a good man, the health of my whole family, a roof over my head, and can pay my bills on time (usually!)

I decided to become a lawyer at 18, as I was pregnant, alone, unqualified and jobless. I worked my tail off, and eventually became qualified and very successful, in a top rated set. I now practice in family law, which, whilst not being particularly well paid, is extremely rewarding. Unfortunately, our current government in its infinite wisdom has decided to dock family legal aid to the point that barristers will seldom be hired for the more deserving cases where the client simply cannot afford representation. This has two consequences for my posting on AidPage:

1. I have a wealth of knowledge and specialist skill in family law that I will no longer be using. I anticipate that in the next year, hundreds, maybe thousands of very deserving individuals in need of representation in family law will, whilst technically qualifying for legal aid, be unable to find a solicitor to take their case, and if they do, they are unlikely to be referred to a specialist barrister, but will be represented "in-house" possibly by someone very junior, which may have disasterous effects for their case, which are amplified further by the important and personal subject matter of the litigation, eg whether your child is taken into care, whether your abuser can be excluded from your home, etc. I am happy to offer my advice to all for nothing, especially for those of you who are having difficulty finding decent representation in the legal aid pinch. All I ask is that you read point 2 and help in any way you can, if you can...

2.  The dock in legal aid means I have a choice of losing approximately 80% of my income, moving away from family law, or changing direction altogether. I have opted for the latter. In my inimitable style of jumping in with both feet, I have decided to emigrate to Australia and fulfil my dream of opening an eco-tourism business - a fully self-sufficient and eco-friendly guesthouse/hotel, close to nature to offer not only an amazing holiday experience, but also to envelop people in new ideas and change their outlook on life for the better (and hopefully the 'eco-friendlier'). In order to set this up, I will need to find about £750k, which is going to be difficult with my imminent drop in income. This is where I hope you may be able to help. Yes, if you have a spare £750k floating around waiting for a good cause, then my all means let me know, but I am also interested in good ideas to add to the business plan, details of contacts in similar businesses, or small donations if you can afford it.

I look forward to reading your postings, and wish you luck, health and happiness.

All my love

Earthygirl x

 

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HELPLESSHUMAN  

HELPLESSHUMAN

 HELLO FRIENDS

I am 62 years old, helpless, I am suffering from L4, L5, C4, C5, C6, C7 disk problems. I cant walk, sit or do any jobs. In Dec 07 I am going to have surgery. Also I have prostrate, Ulcer & so many things. I need your help... If you could help me whatever you can I'll be very grateful to you.

gregorydevaraj@gmail.com

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help me please..  

help me please..

I'm a girl who is helpless....Dont know wha to do...Came to Australia to do my studies well.....But i failed coz i couldn't pay my school fees for my further studies..I also lost my job and now i dont have a cent with me.i have no place to live no job and no money whats so ever to do.and i cant go back to my country coz i want  to finish my studies some how coz all of that is based on my future.and i cant let it go.pease help me..who ever is willing to help me MAY GOD BLESS YOU and i'll always respect you and fpr who you are...you are my god...thank ou....and please help me soon........i only have little time..help me........
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justaboost  

justaboost

Hi there,

Im a fulltime student here in Sydney and have been trying to keep ahead with my car and rent bills. I do work casually but have been suffering from medical problems. I have taken the last few weeks off to try and get better.

I am looking at the bright side to how blessed i am that  i have the privelage to be able to study. Where as others who are way less fortunate than i dont have the opportunity.

Thankyou for taking your time to read my entry.

God Bless

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Ozzymentwo  

Ozzy needs Help

We are two hard working Australian men. We need finance to open a B& B in the country side. We are hoping that someone from around the world can help us borrow $250 thousnad australian dollars. If anyone is in finance please help.

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Angelo  

Angelo

I need $10000 to pay my hospital bills i had a train crash last year
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olderman  

olderman

I am 62 this year,  live in Melbourne Australia and have 3 children, 6 Grandchildren, and at 50 adopted a 7 year old Chinese boy, who is now 18, and wonderful!

I am a lateral thinker, intuitive and compassionate.

I have some health problems related to cancer, and own an automotive equipment business which needs input from someone younger and healthier. I can offer employment or finance for someone to buy the business from me, as I know the business will have the profit to repay me with the right operator.

 

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aussiegirl  

need help to bring my husband over to Australia

Hello my name is Kathleen I live in Western Australia been married to my husband for 5 years.

He lives in America we are having so much problem with the Sponsorship, we had the money 2 years ago for the sponsorship but cause my husband got very ill the Australian Immagration sent him back to America .

we were one day late for the sponsorship so we had to use the money for Ricky airline ticket to go back  home.  And now we have to come up with $5000.00 and at this stage its very hard for us both to save up.Can someone please help us my children miss him  so much and i really need him here for my children and I.

We been apart from him for 14 months and its killing my family and I,any help at all will be greatfull .

Please help me to have my family back together Thank you and my God Bless you all.

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OnlyMe  

Aussie Mum Any Assistance Please

Hi Everyone, Im hoping for help but I am aware that in this world you never get anything for nothing. But what I would like is someone to buy my businesses. Im totally broke paying debts I have 4 Children a husband that works really hard for not much money and Im working 7 days a week trying to pay bills that I have no one else to blame for having other than myself.

I own a Clothing store and a Sewing store, I love my shops and I love the people that are my customers, but I have No idea how to run it to make a profit. I keep falling into traps with other peoples ideas on the internet that just cost me more money.

The location of my shops is in a beautiful beach side town in NSW. So you have country with the mountains and rivers and you have the beaches. Great lifestyle.

I dont want to move away I just want to be out of debt and be home some afternoons when mt children get home from school, I want to watch the midday shows on TV like Days of Our Lives. I have never been able to watch them because I have always worked. If my shops were making money then I could have a day off but they really struggle in a small town and locals do what they can but this isnt a high income area, but the hoilday time are great everyone from the cities come. 

It's not to bad the taking arent that bad if I didnt borrow to go into the shops then maybe they would be fine. (What was I thinking). I run my shops at a loss for tax and then if you go to sell them you need to show a profit to get any money and then you just pay more tax and the money that the brkers want for selling them just means I get nothing... Thats ok but I need the money for the debt Im happy to work I just would like weekends...3 boys and 1 girl. I want to go and see things at school.

I have at least $50,000 in stock

and need $180,000 for my shops to get out of debt. It could be perfect opportunity  for someone or a family.

Clothing Shop and they could get there mum to work in the sewing shop.

Someone out there please think about it. A nice quite lifestyle in a beautiful beachside town in Australia. If anything just as an investment I will work for you but have weekend staff, so I can have time off every now and then. 

PLEASE  PLEASE  PLEASE  PLEASE  

 

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OnlyMe  

OnlyMe

Hi Everyone, Im hoping for help but I am aware that in this world you never get anything for nothing. But what I would like is someone to buy my businesses. Im totally broke paying debts I have 4 Children a husband that works really hard for not much money and Im working 7 days a week trying to pay bills that I have no one else to blame for having other than myself.

I own a Clothing store and a Sewing store, I love my shops and I love the people that are my customers, but I have No idea how to run it to make a profit. I keep falling into traps with other peoples ideas on the internet that just cost me more money.

The location of my shops is in a beautiful beach side town in NSW. So you have country with the mountains and rivers and you have the beaches. Great lifestyle.

I dont want to move away I just want to be out of debt and be home some afternoons when mt children get home from school, I want to watch the midday shows on TV like Days of Our Lives. I have never been able to watch them because I have always worked. If my shops were making money then I could have a day off but they really struggle in a small town and locals do what they can but this isnt a high income area, but the hoilday time are great everyone from the cities come. 

It's not to bad the taking arent that bad if I didnt borrow to go into the shops then maybe they would be fine. (What was I thinking). I run my shops at a loss for tax and then if you go to sell them you need to show a profit to get any money and then you just pay more tax and the money that the brkers want for selling them just means I get nothing... Thats ok but I need the money for the debt Im happy to work I just would like weekends...3 boys and 1 girl. I want to go and see things at school.

I have at least $50,000 in stock

and need $180,000 to get out of debt. It could be perfect for someone.

Clothing Shop and they could get there mum to work in the sewing shop.

Someone out there please think about it. A nice quite lifestyle in a beautiful beachside town in Australia. If anything just as an investment I will work for you but have weekend staff, so I can have time off every now and then. 

PLEASE  PLEASE  PLEASE  PLEASE  

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Mr Richard Cass  

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susiegirl  

I Need $20,000

I need $20,000.

 

Any contributions are welcome.

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