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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/nat/newsnat-21oct1998-17.htm

Accusations fly over paedophiles claims in NSW community services
Wednesday 21 October, 1998 (6:56am AEST)

The New South Wales Government has hit out at the Coalition,
following the revelation that two suspected paedophiles continue
to be employed by the Community Services Department.

The Government claims the cases go back to the 1980s, when the
Liberals and Nationals were in power.

Community Services Minister Faye Lo Po has been forced to
admit in Parliament one worker in her department has been stood
down without pay pending criminal charges.

Another has been placed on clerical duties pending the outcome
of police inquiries but does not have access to clients or files.

Mrs Lo Po says the kind of behaviour being investigated went
unchecked during the 1980s when the Coalition was in
government and the cases first came to light.

She says she cannot give an iron-clad guarantee there are no
paedophiles employed in her department but she can guarantee
the Government is doing all it can to weed out undesirables
seeking to prey on children.


© 1998 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Updated: Wed Oct 21 07:00:00 1998 (AEST)

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