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Parents lose it Outspoken parents have slammed the controversial Safe Schools program for "messing with our children's identity," during a Casey Council backed forum held at Bunjil Place on Thursday 19 April. In blistering speeches in front of more than 200 people, three mothers and a spokesperson for the Family Council of Victoria spoke of their opposition to the State Governmentfunded program which aims to promote inclusiveness for "same-sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse" students. It was "grooming" children and left parents "feeling powerless" and with a "serious loss of rights," speakers claimed. The forum, which was chaired by Casey councillors Rosalie Crestani and Susan Serey, came after it was scrapped and then reinstated minutes later during a heated Casey Council meeting on 17 April. One of the original panellists, leading psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg dropped out after publically labelling it a "brain-washing exercise." Minister for Education James Merlino said Casey Council seemed to focus on playing "political games." "It is a sad reality that LGBTI young people are more likely to be bullied at school than elsewhere. "Safe Schools is part of a broad range of anti-bullying measures available in our schools. It is extremely disappointing that Casey council would try and portray it in any other light," he said. Mother Cella White spoke at the forum, saying parents often told her they were "too scared" to approach their school as they didn't
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Lest we forget our Anzacs The heart of Cranbourne stood still as thousands commemorated Anzac Day at the War Memorial at Greg Clydesdale Square, more than a century after Australia's soldiers landed on Gallipoli's shores. Families, veterans and other locals came together to take part in the service. Turn to page 5 to read about the how the community honoured Australia’s servicemen and women and pages 3 and 7 for more Anzac coverage.
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want their children "being made a target." During her speech, she said parents had told her: "When safe school staff came to visit at school assembly it was heavily implied that if the students didn't take part in Wear It Purple Day (an LGBT awareness day) they were partly responsible for homosexual deaths in Africa." Speaker Marzena Smalec said her teenage son was a "very happy boy" until she claims showed disturbing animated gay sexual activity was shown to students at Cranbourne East Secondary College. Another speaker was mother Marijke Ranci who said the program encouraged "genderbending." "This is a horrible thing to do to children, horrible. This is about fighting back against cultural Marxism and communism which is right on our doorstep." Spokesperson for the Family Council of Victoria Bill Muehlenberg said the program would increase gender dysphoria in children. "The simple solution is leave the body alone and deal with any mental psychological problems," he said. One teacher, who asked to remain anonymous, said she was disappointed the forum was "very one-sided." She said her school, which she wished not to reveal, was delivering the Safe Schools program and only ever had one complaint about children trans-gendering. "Parents find our school very open and honest. We don't have a lot of bullying, we don't have a lot of harassment," she said. Liberal Member for Narre Warren North Vikki Fitzgerald said the program was "wasting crucial class time with explicit sexualised content."
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