Hansard debates

... In 1972 Alan reflected, in an interview with the Herald at the time, that teaching at the Kew Cottages in the early 1950s was a tough assignment. He mentioned open sewers and children dressed in sacks. The site ...of the Kew Cottages today is a lovely residential part of my electorate, but in Alan’s day it served as a residential and educational institution for children with intellectual disability, adjoining what was then known as the Kew asylum....

... I take up the story that the Leader of the Opposition referred to from the Herald in 1972, when Alan reflected on his time at Kew Cottages . The additional quote that was mentioned is: One teacher got bailed up by a kid with a knife, another caught a disease and all his hair fell out. These appalling things influenced everybody who became a special teacher at that time. That’s why when modern-day teachers grumble to ...

... I worked out at the Kew Cottages , which had some horrific stories of abuse. It was quite interesting when I went out there as it was a very, very eerie feeling there. The empty buildings ... Knowing the history of the Kew Cottages and what they used to do out there, it was a very, very uncomfortable feeling going through there. Unfortunately this state historically has failed to look after our most vulnerable,...

... But his sister Glenda was sent off to Kew Cottages . We know that the stories of people in ... Kew Cottages are not often very good at all and that sometimes the care that they received, if you can ... Unfortunately due to the ‘care’ that she received at Kew Cottages , unfortunately my father’s sister Glenda died when ...the time, but there were many incidents that occurred at Kew Cottages and in other government institutional care. I would ...

... I heard before somebody mention the term ‘Kew Cottages’ . When you think of a cottage, it sounds like it should be quaint and it should be a lovely environment, a supportive environment, and of course we can see from the stories that have been shared that unfortunately it was something to the contrary in many instances, which is just simply inexcusable. I am not seeking to isolate that particular institution or organisation of ...

... I really enjoyed the work that I did at Kew Cottages and was really interested to see the environment that was there. This was just before deinstitutionalisation was brought in; that is how old I am. It ... This experience with Kew Cottages helped open up my younger eyes to another layer of inequality and another layer of where government is important in actually helping to construct scaffolding around lives that really need it. We fast forward ...

... His mum tragically died at 23, and his sister at Kew Cottages years later. He moved in with Melbourne relatives, later moving back in with Grandpa when he remarried. At 16 Dad started in the army apprentice scheme at the old Balcombe army barracks in Mount Martha, now housing young people through Fusion. Dad then worked as a mechanic and a financial planner and recently ran the Wimmera’s community transport program. My mum Debbie was ...

... I have been contacted by residents who are concerned about the proposal for two unit developments on the Kew Cottages heritage site and to allow for three heritage buildings to be demolished. The buildings on this site include the cottage and schoolhouse, built in 1887, and the dining room, built in 1917. This site, 48 Main Drive, Kew, is included in the Victorian Heritage Register and a heritage overlay and is considered to ...

...involvement with or worked with around many of the policies of your predecessor in Bundoora, Speaker, the Honourable Minister Garbutt, at the time, and the work that she did around Kew Residential Services , work that had some engagement around Colanda in Colac and the changes when we broaden out some of the more traditional conversations around mental health and the ...

... He had been minister for I think only a few days when the Kew Cottages fire and issue happened, and so he was very passionate about this issue. I suppose whilst it is nice to think about what has happened in the past and go down memory lane back to 2013, which is quite a few years ago, it is a roundabout way of acknowledging that governments, federal and state, of coalition Liberal-Nationals or ...