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Claymore on 4 corners tonight, Do you or anyone you know live there?

censura carnero View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:27 PM Post #1
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What an interesting episode. So much for the lucky country hey. I'm completely unfamiliar with this area living in south east qld and don't know of any equivalent suburb here. Does anyone who has first hand experience have any comments or observations.

FrogIsAFrogIsAFr... FrogIsAFrogIsAFrog View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:33 PM Post #2
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Recording it as we speak! Interesting topic...

sa5ha View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:34 PM Post #3
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It was a very interesting episode. My heart just breaks for those kids thinking of all the things they miss out on and the damage the environment they're in must be doing to them long term. Really makes you count your own blessings...

LynnyP View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:35 PM Post #4
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I heard some of it on the radio today, I have it recording too. It is a real social disaster. The idea that, as they say, just down the road (in a sense) from where I sit there are children seeing things I have never seen and that my children have been fully sheltered from. How can these children rise above it? The person interviewed today talked about their childhood being "extinguished". This post has been edited by LynnyP: 24/09/2012, 09:37 PM

Gloriosa View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:36 PM Post #5
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I didn't see the episode, but I lived in Campbelltown all my life up until 3 years ago. Claymore is a hole and you just don't go near there. What was the episode about?

hiccamups View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:36 PM Post #6
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Haven't heard. Thankfully we're a couple of hrs behind so I'll have to check it out as soon as these kids are in bed.

hiccamups View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:39 PM Post #7
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Four Corners - growing up poor Is this it?

censura carnero View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:40 PM Post #8
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QUOTE (Gloriosa @ 24/09/2012, 09:36 PM) I didn't see the episode, but I lived in Campbelltown all my life up until 3 years ago. Claymore is a hole and you just don't go near there. What was the episode about? They profiled 5 families living in claymore. Pretty much demonstrated how dumping welfare dependant families all together is a total disaster. THe are was built in the 70's. They showed how the situation is multi generational as children live and learn what they see around them. This post has been edited by censura carnero: 24/09/2012, 09:40 PM

censura carnero View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:41 PM Post #9
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QUOTE (:: toots :: @ 24/09/2012, 09:39 PM) Four Corners - growing up poor Is this it? Yes

Nicole View Member Profile	24/09/2012, 09:46 PM Post #10
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I didn't see the program, but do know the area. I drive through there everyday. It's not a nice place and I could never imagine having to bring a child up living there. The whole estate needs to be bulldozed (which I see they are doing slowly) but will that bring a whole new set of problems when the residents are re-housed elsewhere? A lot of the people who live there are happy to do so, happy to live the way they do, if they are moved elsewhere, I wonder if they will continue to live the same kind of lifestyle? Housing NSW need to do a whole lot of planning and enforcing to clean the area up somehow, I can't see any way forward until they do.

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