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Old 27th May 2011, 07:04 AM
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Default Access Ministries aren't getting any complaints

So go complain.

Article in today's The Age by Bishop Hale from Access Ministries states that they aren't receiving any complaints about them or SRI.

Access Ministries has a contact page on which is an enquiry form, I urge any of you who have legitimate complaints about Access Ministries and/or SRI to go complain to them.


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Old 27th May 2011, 07:16 AM
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Access Ministries has a contact page on which is an enquiry form, I urge any of you who have legitimate complaints about Access Ministries and/or SRI to go complain to them.
Thanks for the link, Ozatheist. Hale doesn't come across as a very nice person in that article and the idea that christianity and the values it provides are good takes a hit as a result. Bleating that they don't get many complaints reminded me of Mr Black's saloon entry metaphor: "I'm looking for the owner of that horse. He's tall, blonde, he smokes a cigar and his complaints about my SRE classes have failed to arrive on my desk, indicating tacit approval."
He will be hearing from my Colt repeat action printer shortly.
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Old 27th May 2011, 10:32 AM
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Access Ministries has a contact page on which is an enquiry form, I urge any of you who have legitimate complaints about Access Ministries and/or SRI to go complain to them.
Won't Access just keep saying they haven't received any formal "complaints", no matter how many "enquiries" they get?
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Old 27th May 2011, 10:33 AM
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Default Re: Access Ministries aren't getting any complaints

That is an enquiry form, so they receive enquiries. They have no complaints form.
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Old 27th May 2011, 10:37 AM
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Default Re: Access Ministries aren't getting any complaints

Solution.

Someone with a kid in a Victorian school with a chaplain send ACCESS a letter with the words "FORMAL COMPLAINT" somewhere in it.

Next time ACCESS trots out the "we have received no formal complaints" lie send copies of the letter to all media outlets and the minister.

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Old 27th May 2011, 11:41 AM
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They are christians, therefore, no-one would need to complain about them so they have no need of a complaints form which means they receive no complaints which proves how christian they are.

I wonder where I have seen that type of argument going around before?
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Old 27th May 2011, 11:55 AM
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Default Re: Access Ministries aren't getting any complaints

Mike Stuchbery deals with the article here
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Old 27th May 2011, 12:26 PM
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Default Re: Access Ministries aren't getting any complaints

The previous "lodge a complaint" page which was here,

http://www.accessministries.org.au/s...ss-for-schools

Has now been removed, including the link in the site map and the link to it that used to be on this page,

http://www.accessministries.org.au/schools/schools
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Old 27th May 2011, 01:30 PM
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The previous "lodge a complaint" page which was here,

http://www.accessministries.org.au/s...ss-for-schools

Has now been removed ..
Might they well remove a "complaint resolution" page ... www.accessministries.org.au/schools/complaint-resolution-process-for-schools
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Derryn Hinch has hammered Victorian Education Minister, Martin Dixon, hard on Access Ministries, here.

But remember kids, there have been no complaints*




*three schools with VCAT complaints, numerous parents and more than 500 letters to the Education Department don't count. Terms and conditions apply.
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