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  • Christine on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' isn't it funny how DHS don't recognise the psychological effects of domestic violence on children and continue to allow ... more
  • Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' There is a family In the Cairns Area who are Foster Carers.Atherton Child Safety have threatened the carers and own ... more
  • duncan on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i have spent time with this family. it is a house full of love. "mum", grandfather and older sblings.this cannot be an issue ... more
  • Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Family Law is different from the rest of the law in this country.. Ie. Family Law is based on probability: ie if it might ... more
  • carol annetta on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' having known this family for some time i am disgusted with the treatment she has received. it seems more of a witch hunt ... more
  • Maureen Hillary on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Derryn,I have counselled traumatized parents as a result of DHS staff.There are great staff workers who care but they ... more
  • Janet Tavener on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I am a visitor to this country.My attention was drawn to the case of these children and their foster mother by a relative of ... more
  • sam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Happening in Tasmania also.Wewon a court case over 8 months ago and due process still hasn't been done.We spent 17,000 ... more
  • Anne Glover on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I just cannot believe what the DHS has put the Foster Mother, and the children through - I thought the DHS was supposed to ... more
  • Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' DHS are the most disgraceful organization I have ever had the displeasure of becoming involved with. They are so ... more
  • Vicki on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hi Derryn,I have known this carer since primary school, she has always put others above herself. Being a carer myself I know ... more
  • Gran'ma Pam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' As any of us with any sense know, these children should NEVER have been taken from this lady (mum) in the first place, they ... more
  • Dominic Lombardo on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I see my daughter every six months DHS are conducting a vendetta against me I have not been told why I can only see her ... more
  • cassy houghton on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hello Derryn,Firstly i would like to thankyou for your support and the willingness to help this beautiful family.I ... more
  • Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Im a carer also in Qld. I see this happen way too much from our Government. They are starting to use Carers own children as ... more
  • paul on "I'll pay the fee," says Hinch I believe what Liberal Party has done is stupid. But I feel for candidates like Joh Bauch and James Buonopane who want to ... more
  • Andrea on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Why are these public servants allowed to blatantly flout the law without the same consequences the rest of society faces? I ... more
  • birth mother on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i am the birth morther of these 4 children and i just want to say dhs dont care they just want the kids in care so they can ... more
  • Frances Goff on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Derryn, Firstly, Happy BirthdayHaving worked in a primary school for 15 year I have seen some terrible things regarding DHS ... more
  • Karen on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hi Derryn, I have known these children through "the system".for all of their lives. I have had regular contact with them ... more

Killer cab driver

Posted by: Derryn Hinch | 29 July, 2010 - 5:21 PM

I know I use the word ‘ Noddyland’ a lot  but this is even worse. This is loopy-ville. This is dangerous. And, yet again, it involves our courts.

Put simply: A man who stabbed his wife to death 20 years – and  who was found  not guilty on the grounds of insanity—has been granted the right to drive a taxi in Melbourne.

And, in the Supreme Court, his name has been suppressed. He can only be identified as XFJ.  Si you might get into a can and be blissfully  unaware that your driver once murdered his wife.

But this case gets worse. And I have mentioned it several times before as it has gone  to VCAT and  through the courts.

During a trial last year the  Equal Opportunity and Equal rights commission  told the court it would be ‘ discrimination against a  person with amental illness’ to deny him a taxi licence.

I also got angry when the man’s lawyer said something that riled me and I believe insulted every man or woman who every wore an Australian uniform.

Paul Bingham was arguing that killing should not automatically disqualify a taxi driver. That, in itself, is to me a loopy stretch of any argument.

But then he said: ‘It could mean someone awarded a Victoria Cross would not be suitable to be accredited.’ How can you invoke the image of a man who put his life on the line for his country – and many of them died for it – in the same breath as pleading the case of a man who stabbed his wife to death?

Anyway  after  the Taxi directorate refused  the man a licence and  CVAT also refused him he went to the Supreme court and today got a decision. We’ll have that next….

Blog comments Your Say

  • Discriminate against this KILLER because of his mental state??? VCAT, are you morons even capable of understanding the meaning of Health & Safety? If this doesn't bring the Taxi Industry into disrepute, I don't know what does~! This is typical of DO-GOODER Hulls & his simpleton 'Justice System'~! Victoria, the state of Lal La Land~! I can imagine VCAT - they probably WET themselves at the thought they may have to say NO~!!! Common sense tells you this decision is MORONIC~!

    Lenny Thursday 29 July, 2010 - 10:05 PM

  • So we can now Sue V.Cat if this bloke re-offends.

    janet page Thursday 29 July, 2010 - 5:32 PM

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