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To the Committee Secretary I have been caring for my grandchildren for 12 years since May 2002.

Three girls, 18, 15 and 13.

We obtained final orders at Melbourne Family Court in October 2005 after three years of Court Battles.

At my expense I lost my business, my home and my daughter.

In that three years she was in prison twice, the third time in November of 2005.

She gave birth to another baby girl in prison after she was released.

She then had another boy.


The two youngest children live with my youngest daughter and her family.

We were advised-* by police to move to a safe accommodation as my car was doused with acid and her partner in crime had threatened to rob me.

They arrested them and both have spent a long time in prison for armed robbery.

She is now 51 years of age and is still a heroin addict and still remains very aggressive towards her girls when she phones us.
It hasn't been an easy road for us as the youngest is developmentally delayed.

I wou ld like you politicians to walk in my shoes for a day to know how it feels for me and these kids.

I have learned how to grovel just to get services in place for the little girl.

I would like to thank God for the; Mirabel Foundation Kids Under Cover My grandparents support group and the Deniliquin Communty Services.
Without these support groups the girls and I would have been homeless years ago as Victoria Human Services left us to cope alone.

Kind regards Grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildrenSubmission 123