Deaf Student Gets Bullied at Mainstream School

Queensland school investigates allegations of bullying of Deaf student after video posted online in Australia.

BRISBANE, Australia -- A Queensland school is investigating accusations a Deaf student has been subjected to repeated bullying after a video purportedly showing an instance of the alleged abuse surfaced online.

The video, originally posted to social media site 9GAG, shows a group of students surrounding the schoolboy, stomping at him and throwing air punches at him.

The person who posted the video said the incident happened at Victoria Point State High School in Redland City, east of Brisbane, and claims their son is the victim.

"My Deaf son getting harassed at school by these a*******," the person said.

"I have been in contact with the school and yet nothing changes.

"My daughter took this video to show everyone what was happening on a daily basis."

The video has been circulated on other social media sites including Facebook and Reddit.

In a statement to 7NEWS.com.au, the Queensland education department said the school was aware of the video and does not tolerate bullying and violence.

"Victoria Point State High School is committed to providing a safe, respectful and disciplined learning environment," the statement read.

"Any situation that threatens the safety and wellbeing of students or others in the school community is treated extremely seriously and dealt with as a matter of priority.

SOURCE - 7News

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Deaf Grandma's Dog Stabbing To Death

Australian teenager is accused of breaking into a Deaf 80-year-old woman's home and stabbing her small dog to death.

LOGAN CITY -- A teenager is accused of breaking into a frail Deaf woman's home before stabbing her loving lap dog to death while she was asleep in her room.

Police will allege the teenager broke into the 80-year-old woman's Mount Gravatt on the evening of May 19 before beginning to rifle through her belongings.

It's alleged as the 17-year-old Daisy Hill boy reached the woman's room and found her sleeping inside with her two-year-old dog.

The teenager allegedly stabbed the pup to death using an unknown weapon before taking a number of the woman's valuables including jewellery before fleeing the scene.

The woman did not wake up during the alleged home invasion or slaying of her dog and sadly awoke the next morning to find it stabbed to death.

She immediately called police who opened up a forensic crime scene.

He was arrested by police 11 days later and charged with with six counts of burglary and commit indictable offence.

He was also charged with four counts of enter premises and commit indictable offence, two counts of possessing dangerous drugs and one count each of serious animal cruelty, obstruct police and failure to take precaution in respect to a syringe as the teenager is under 18 he will be dealt with under the provisions of the youth Justice Act in Queensland, Australia.

SOURCE - DailyMail

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Deaf Woman Loses Legal Battle To Be Juror

Deaf woman loses High Court bid to serve on jury in Australia, claims “a smack in the face” for the Deaf community.

BRISBANE, AU -- The Independent: The High Court in Australia has ruled to deny a woman the chance to become the country’s first Deaf jury member, a decision she later described as “a smack in the face” for the Deaf community.

In 2012, a registrar told Gaye Lyons from Queensland she should be excused from jury duty as a sign language interpreter could not be sworn into the conference room, according to state law.

The 69-year-old can lip read but needs an interpreter to communicate, and decided to take her case against the Queensland government to the High Court.

The court decided to uphold state law and said the presence of an interpreter in a deliberation room would cause “an incurable irregularity” which could affect the outcome of a case, resulting in the dismissal of Ms Lyons’ appeal.

Queensland attorney general Yvette D’Ath said the confidentiality of jury deliberations and the right to a fair trial were “among the most fundamental tenets of Australia’s justice system”, according to AP Australia.

"We're the same as everybody else, we're human, we have kids, we go to work, we drive cars, we pay mortgages - I was just fuming because I could not have equal access to this," Ms Lyons told reporters outside court.

"Why should the powers that be decide what's right for me, why should they decide what I can and can't do? It just made me livid, I was seething about the whole thing.”

Ms Lyons has repeatedly cited her detailed interest in the law and said jury duty was “something I really wanted to take part in”.

"After five years of struggle, just fighting for access for the Australian Deaf community, it felt like a slap in the face.”

"For them [the High Court] to say that interpreters could not relay information accurately, that was the living end, that was the last straw for me. Deaf people should not be treated differently. The High Court does not see that,” she added.

In 2011, a Deaf woman served on an inquest jury in the United Kingdom after several legal challenges found Deaf people can fully comprehend courtroom discourse and jury deliberations through interpreters.

Exemptions for Deaf people carrying out jury service in criminal trials were removed in Ireland and the UK after legal challenges during the 2000s. In the United States, they have been serving on juries since 1979.

New Zealand is another country where sign language interpreters are employed by courts to help Deaf jurors contribute to trials.

SOURCE - Independent

Cyclone Sign Language Guy Goes Viral

Auslan interpreter who keeps stealing the show and everyone’s hearts during cyclone press conference.

BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia -- Queensland has been battered by a Category 5 Cyclone and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been busy warning people about the #cyclonemarcia storm.

The Auslan interpreter in the facial expressions are an important part of Australian Sign Language, vital to getting across the true meaning of the message. #signguy has a name! It’s Mark Cave. He’s 30 years old and has been working as an Australian sign language interpreter for 12 years... READ MORE.

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Central Queensland resembles a war zone and now faces a multibillion-dollar repair bill after Cyclone Marcia tore through the Rockhampton region, destroying or unroofing hundreds of homes and causing large-scale infrastructure damage.

Homes were blasted apart by the force of the Category 5 cyclone which smashed into the Capricorn Coast packing wind gusts close to 300km/h.

Terrified residents who opted not to evacuate cowered in their homes as the ferocious winds peeled off roofs, blew out windows and sent large trees spearing through walls.

Hilltop houses around Vaughan and John streets in Yeppoon copped the full brunt, with one completely destroyed and several unroofed... Read The Full Story.

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