by Dee McLachlan
From 1788 to 1868, thousands of children were “sentenced” for often petty offences and transported on the long sea voyage to Australia. Once here, convict children were incarcerated, placed into forced labour or confined in juvenile institutions such as Point Puer in Tasmania. They were harshly disciplined, separated from family, and expected to comply with military-style control in a penal colony that viewed them as offenders to be corrected. There were no special protections for children, no meaningful advocacy, and no separation between criminal punishment and care. In practical terms, these children had no rights at all.
Folks, little has changed from the penal colony days.
These last few months I’ve felt as though I’ve been transported back to the star chambers of yesteryear. Despite the existence of modern child-protection statutes, I can categorically say — they are meaningless.
The Intervention Order (IVO)
Today I’m going to discuss the humble — yet lethal — weapon: the “Intervention Order.”
Family Violence Intervention Orders (FVIOs) are intended to shield a person from family violence by preventing further harm, and imposing conditions that restrict harmful or abusive behaviour. Really????
My first taste of an IVO being used as a weapon was a few years ago when I was offering some advice to a single mother navigating family-court turmoil. I met her daughter once for coffee on the beach; mother and daughter were warm, close, and taking photos of the sunset when I left. Later, after a minor hiccup during one visitation, the father whisked the teenager to a police station and obtained an IVO. Overnight, the mother’s life became a nightmare – forever isolated from her daughter. It sent the worst possible message to a young person: that relationships are to be managed not through communication or a phone call, but through court intervention orders. I’m sure it has forever socially harmed that child.
So that brings me back to the saga of the runaway teens.
I won’t retell the whole story, except to say that for nearly two years the younger sister was on the run for months; she was caught and sent to detention for an extended period; was forced back to her fathers, escaped again with her sister; hid for close to nine months; arrested and sent to detention again, then isolated from her mother and at times from her sister for several months.
All this because of an IVO — a weapon deployed by the father.
The father had already, as the older sister said, made threats to her life to make a false statement. But with the younger daughter the police essentially handed him the IVO. I can imagine how the case went down in the courtroom before the magistrate: “Your Honour, I seek an IVO to protect my younger daughter from her mother, who is [insert creative fiction here].” “Does your daughter consent?” “I haven’t asked her, Your Honour — as she is in detention and has ‘mental health issues’ [more fiction].”
SLAM. Order granted. The scene might have taken all of five minutes. It would take more than 18 months to correct.
With one neat piece of paper, he severed the bond between mother and daughter for five years. Five years. For a child, that’s an eternity. The result? Emotional implosion. The mother was her primary attachment, her lifeline. And the father knew his daughter adored her mum, he seemed rather pleased with himself, gloating over the control he had had to severe his daughter’s life-line to her mum.
He, with the police, had wielded one of the most brutal judicial instruments imaginable.
Self-Rescue
A little over a month later, the two girls bust out of their confinement and escaped to the safety of their mum — in violation of the two defective IVO’s.
The mum felt compelled to protect her daughters as she had always done, and went into hiding. As a result she lost everything — including her home.
In August 2025, I tried to correct their predicament, unsuccessfully, in the Supreme Court. No one wants to disarm a defective weapon. It is bound to blow up in someone’s face. Eventually they were found and the younger sister was sent back to detention and then to care — mainly remaining in a form of isolation. The system no longer had a interest in the older child who had turned 17.
When Protection Turns to Persecution
For me it was so clear: there was an IVO that had been falsely weaponized by the father – without the consent of the child – to keep her away from her loving mother. The child had written diary notes and a comprehensive statement before being caught – which stated over and over again confirming that her mum was her one and only safe, protective parent.
“My mum is safe”
How a Defective Order Became a Weapon
The phrase “child protection” carries an air of benevolence, order, and safeguarding. It evokes the idea of vulnerable children being shielded from harm by systems designed with their best interests at heart. Nothing could be further from the reality.
For years, the child had made repeated statements that her mother was the only adult she felt safe with, trusted, and wanted to live with. Yet none of this seemed to matter once the legal instrument existed that stated — without any basis — that the mother posed a risk. From the moment that judicial instrument was forged, the “defective” order became the centre-piece of departmental decision-making.
It justified forced placement, detention, prolonged deprivation of liberty, periods of isolation, separation from her mum and ongoing psychological harm to a child who had never asked for state intervention. It rationalised escalation instead of de-escalation.
The greatest irony is that when the Department finally began to listen to the child (during her second incarceration in detention) little changed. They became to understand that the order was defective as they had access to the child’s statements, but the department did not act to correct the record, facilitate a police statement, or support the child’s voice.
I made repeated attempts to assist the child to make a formal police statement — an essential step in challenging the defective IVO. These efforts were obstructed, delayed, or dismissed. No departmental officer facilitated correction. No one ensured the child’s legal position was fairly represented. Instead, the defective order was allowed to stand and then relied upon as the legal foundation to label the mother a “protective concern”.
From the outside, this looked like a total scam — a fraud.
Here, a critical question arises: was this merely bureaucratic incompetence, or something more coordinated? When multiple actors in a system (1) knew the order was defective and/or falsely procured, then (2) obstructed all pathways for correction, and (3) to continue to rely on the defective instrument to allow control over the family and justify punitive outcomes.
The pattern begins to resemble a form of institutional conspiracy — not in the sensational sense, but in the legal sense of a concerted action to defeat the proper course of justice. The consequences were not abstract. This child has endured some form of deprivation of liberty for nearly two years. At one critical stage, an unsubstantiated claim of “self-harm in the mother’s care” was raised late in proceedings, effectively stalling reunification. That assertion was a lie so the court may have been misled at a decisive juncture.
Such conduct raises profound matters of procedural fairness. The child was denied agency, advocacy, and the right to correct gross misinformation central to her case. Everything about her life was a manufactured lie. She told me her father spewed forth these lies, and that she was never ever in danger from her protective mother; yet that ‘narrative’ still persists.
Is this case void? This entire case is based on a manufactured lie from a vindictive father. Who would persecute their children so? Should he be prosecuted?
Another indignity arose when the Department insisted that the child could not return to her mother until she had seen a psychologist — for what purpose? To “process her trauma.” But the trauma was not inflicted by her mother. It was inflicted by the State. The system injured her, separated her, incarcerated her, and isolated her — and then demanded therapeutic compliance before permitting healing. This is persecution.
Magistrate Shuts The Child Down
On a final note, the older sister has been trying for months to remove the Intervention Order against her mother and to obtain her own IVO against her father — who she fears. I was present for one of the early appointments where a senior constable “pretended” to help. This girl jumped through every hoop they set. After months of preparation she finally found herself in court with a police-signed statement.
Every police officer who had “assisted” her suddenly shifted sides. Her duty lawyer was brushed off the case. At the end of it all, she stood alone at the bar table — a 17-year-old girl facing the court without support.
She had a compelling evidence, and her father was present. The magistrate allowed him to speak freely; he launched into his usual a tirade about his daughters abandoning him, running away, and other fabrications and total lies — I am told — delivered without restraint. The magistrate absorbed every word.
When it came time for the 17-year-old to speak, the magistrate shut her down.
The police abandoned their own statement and refused to advance or protect her. She was not heard. She was not believed. She was denied the most basic procedural dignity — the right to speak. I have never witnessed such dereliction of judicial duty. It seems inconceivable.
She called afterward, despondent. Months of preparation, only to be silenced by a random magistrate who forbade the child a voice.
As I say — nothing has changed.
Welcome to the penal colony.
Dee, I applaud your ability to keep hammering away at these injustices. I apologize that I no longer have the fortitude to keep up the fight, I’m flat out worn out. – The negativity, the evil, the absurdity of allegedly ‘superior’ minds on the bench to twist truth around to the opposite of rationality has taken its’ toll on me. – I’m retired, I’m out, – protect yourself, nobody else will…
So well put Terry… “the absurdity…”
The system has so much betrayal to answer for
Did Jesus really say “turn the other cheek” etc or was this stuff inserted for control purposes
Love also “does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail].”
1 Corinthians 13:6 amp
Are these people any good ?
https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-communities/support-survivors-of-child-abuse
So this PART 9.
Enough said, apparently some do not want to either be beware or want such reporting SHUT DOWN.
Why?
From the reported experience expressed by Dee something is horribly wrong with the STATE of VICTORIA AS TO ITS ALLEGED CRUEL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Dee has previously mentioned that she has written much correspondence to significant MINISTERS, heads of departments et.al.
There is no report of a received reply explaining the travesty and taking responsibility by a alleged human being representing anyone in the state of Victoria IN AUSTRALIA (foreign readers please note, perhaps Australia is not what we would like it to appear to the world)
Well, I would like all that correspondence with a notation of any reply listed somewhere. as an addendum to all the experiences apparently suffered at the hand s of agents of the Victorian alleged governance.
Such material could give insight as to whether there is a possible criminal conspiracy to defeat the COURSE OF JUSTICE. INBTHE STARE IF VICTORIA.
BTW I HAVE PREPARED AND PROSECUTED A FEW CONSPIRACY CASES!
This episode has to raise the possibility that such exists and needs a thorough investigation.
Is there not an opposition in Victorian, is anyone in the opposition or even an idecent representative being made of this apparent tragedy?
One might understand why Pauline Hanson’s efforts are gaining popularity. There appears to be a systematic failure by the historic failures of the predominate political dumbos in our governments.
Maybe it is ‘time for a change’?
Dee please post all the correspondence to the suspects in a possible conspiracy. As the media often refers to ‘as persons of interest’.
I do not think this horrible history is going to be beneficial to the reputation of the state of Victoria or the judiciary in Australia, unless it is exposed and explained forthwith!
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Sorry about a few typos, but regulars may have noted, I care about the time stamp usualy
approaching for a reason.
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Came here in ‘66, main realisation noted.
Money talks, bs walks and that’s the only law downunder. Oz is all about connections, nudge judge wink wink I’ll scratch yours if you scratch mine, as players with more always win. No matter how innocent and right people may be the temptations with bags of silver, same as when Judas betrayed Jesus, are these days exponentially worse. A 3 way split between judges barristers and attorneys at law, our supposed advisers, as they take the money and lot if you don’t pay up, win or lose, with banksters full backing at interest. It’s a club……if you’re in good, if not nobody cares.
From penal colony to global gulag with AI at touch of child’s fingertips, con-venience to slavery with a wellcome smile fake as.
something is horribly wrong with the STATE of VICTORIA AS TO ITS ALLEGED CRUEL JUSTICE SYSTEM agree Ned But as you know IT IS MUCH BIGGER that that
Two posts -worth some research
https://open.substack.com/pub/17sog/p/refugee-resettlement-fraud?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Refugee Resettlement Fraud
Investigation by Project Milk Carton
THE CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
JAN 11
EXTREME WEATHWR EVENTS
https://www.josephsansone.com/p/canadas-climate-lockdowns-expropriation?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
AUTHORITARIAN PRE-COMMUNIST STATE OF VIC
e-Karen is dodging her US Congress obligations for the 3rd time, she must be so scared of Mein Trumpf who loves the 1st amendment. She has to do something by Monday or maybe he is going to “Lock Her Up”. Also available on Instagram greg_cheesman_4_victoria if you need to log into things.
https://www.tiktok.com/@greg_cheesman_4_victoria/video/7594196232545897749
Trending —a great article by MWM–note “intelligent”comments
https://gumshoenews.com/chitting-usa-a-guide-to-reunion-with-your-stolen-child/
I note Dee you ended todays Missing Justice Part 9:
“As I say — nothing has changed.
Welcome to the penal colony.—victims and witnessed”
nb below the picture “AI generated– and has no connection to reality.”
For the past year almost to the day I have been researching ways to report ( as is apparently my duty and in fact my reponsibility)- Identity theft involving fraud, corruption, criminal activity, harassment and personal threats to my “wellbeing”- my life.
Our researchers found a couple of web sites (below) — to help ME– An octogenarian, victim of torture, survivor of Mengele and von Braun experiments compliments of the Tavi and operation matchbox diagnosed on the DSM with DDNOS and DID and complex PTSD with a “medically/scientifically” created -invisible acquired Brain injury that requires daily micro managing. Not permitted to see my files or medical notes you see I am just a number in their system, and their
system tells me who I need to report my problems to:
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Reporting+Fraud+and+Identity+theft+and+criminal+activity+Victoria&form=APMCS1&PC=APMC
https://www.crimestoppersvic.com.au/report-a-crime/
https://www.cyber.gov.au/report-and-recover/recover-from/identity theft
In answer to Hans about WA web site—- these sites in our victim survivor community are entrapment into their system and are not to be trusted. Rachel Vaughans experience re crime stoppers is well documented.
So picking up on your para
“The pattern begins to resemble a form of institutional conspiracy — not in the sensational sense, but in the legal sense of a concerted action to defeat the proper course of justice. The consequences were not abstract. This child has endured some form of deprivation of liberty for nearly two years. At one critical stage, an unsubstantiated claim of “self-harm in the mother’s care” was raised late in proceedings, effectively stalling reunification. That assertion was a lie so the court may have been misled at a decisive juncture.
Such conduct raises profound matters of procedural fairness. The child was denied agency, advocacy, and the right to correct gross misinformation central to her case. Everything about her life was a manufactured lie.”
Can you tell the child from me I would like to meet her one day soon and maybe the OPP could help.
https://www.opp.vic.gov.au/victims-witnesses/
For Dee and Mary
I will follow up with a little more information in next comment.
I don’t want this suggestion to get lost in my wobbling.
So picking up on your para. Dee -I add a little more now-time stretched today – but it could lead to working across states and nations
A bit more about the OPP Office of Public Prosecutions
“The Office of Public Prosecutions (OPP) in Victoria provides support for victims and witnesses, including whitleblowers with mental health diagnoses. The OPP’s Victims and Witness Assistance Service (VWAS) offers specialized support, including the use of trained support dogs to provide comfort during court proceedings. The OPP also provides information about the court process, what to expect, and support services available to victims of crime. For further information and support, victims can contact the OPP solicitor or VWAS social worker assigned to their case.”
Office of Public prosecutions Victoria– general
https://www.opp.vic.gov.au/
What is discontinuance
The prosecution test
Is it in the public interest
Serving justice serving the community
https://www.opp.vic.gov.au/victims-witnesses/—specific
“Victims, witnesses and their families may experience the criminal justice process in different ways.
The process can feel uncertain because there are many possible outcomes in a criminal case and the court process may take several years.
Going to court and giving evidence may feel challenging because it can be difficult to hear and talk about traumatic events and personal details.
In this section of our website you can find information about:
how we can support you
other specialist support services
your rights and entitlements as a victim of crime
what to expect if you go to court.
Victims of crime
You are a victim of crime if you have suffered an injury as a direct result of a crime (even if this injury was not foreseeable to the offender).
Injury includes:
physical bodily injury
mental illness or disorder
pregnancy
grief, distress, trauma or other significant adverse effect
loss or damage to property
a combination of these things.
You are also a victim of crime if you are a family member of a victim who:
has died
is under 18 years of age
cannot manage their own affairs due to mental impairment
is a victim of the offence of grooming (a child under 16 for sexual conduct).
Persons adversely affected by crime
You are a person adversely affected by crime if:
you or your family member have suffered an injury as a direct result of a crime (even if this injury was not foreseeable to the offender)
you are a witness to a criminal offence.
Witnesses
If you have made a statement to police about a crime you may be called to give evidence in court as witness.
A victim of crime may also be a witness if they have made a statement to police.”
I spoke with the opp social worker today – am told I must report criminal activity to police before they can assist referred to victims of crime help line- but all to bureaucratic procedural and run by lovely people who have no idea
But never ever give up -it is Dee who needs funding support never ever give up – go out with a bang not a wimper
“Yet none of this seemed to matter once the legal instrument existed that stated — without any basis — that the mother posed a risk.”
Dee, I find this in many spheres other than Family Law. A’legal instrument’ becomes God-like.
By the way, I said this recently, but once again I extremely congratulate you (and today, Diane) for putting the story together.
I like the idea of the criminality of the father. If you check my book — “Reunion: Judging the Family Court” — you will see that at least one state has criminalised such harm to children.
Focus on Australia with GABBI CHOONG and AISHE SPARK (029) MK ultra product of Tavistock
https://odysee.com/@AquariusRisingAfrica:4/focus-on-australia-with-gabbi-choong-16:a
Feels better to listen to — rather than watch-imho
Children are coming from a higher source, to traumatise and abuse them in their formative years is a crime against Creation. Unfortunately for all, everything is being inverted and perverted using technology from dark spiritual beings now on all bases loaded. Filth and corruption is promoted with each new breakthrough in abrakadabra cult programming. It’s only going to get worse unless we switch off.
Simple solution is restore traditional family values and Faith in Jesus Mary and Joseph.
you all are on the right track, but what would i know
pride is a sin, so i’m just saying that i like you peeps, like family or i wish my family to be
hell is just going to have to yield too frozen
there is no point in being anything but optimistic at this seemingly dire point
tell you what really is trending, Dear Diane aka DD aka, Sister (and so much more)
personally i would never trust go fund me or any “https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/helplines.html” or apex “https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Johnston”. i don’t know much but i can see the real brave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qanF-91aJo
remember the old days, we used to get thumbnails and stuff
not5 complaining, i just like throwing inferior tools, aka history or they said
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=heaint+heavy+he%27s+my+brother+-Holleys&&mid=C351DEBEE7A8ED85C589C351DEBEE7A8ED85C589&FORM=VAMGZC