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Free showers in Adelaide

Free Dentistry and Homeless-Friendly Doctors

Free Hairdressing in Adelaide

Semi-useful list of Adelaide welfare joints
Small update

Lutheran free stuff directory

Adelaide Zero Project dashboard
https://www.dunstan.org.au/projects/adelaide-zero-project/

(above) The abandoned South Australian police academy on Lady Gowrie Drive at Largs Bay, north of Semaphore. Why aren't homeless people welcome to use the empty buildings until the government sells them?

(above) The old police academy might be inhabited by the ghosts of dead coppers drawn back to the intensity of their training.

(above) All these empty police academy buildings in Adelaide. Homeless people could be paid to live there so the police trainees could practice raiding them.

Puddle Jumpers expands

Puddle Jumpers offer free fruit and vegetables at their two Op Shops at 300 Port Road, Hindmarsh and 975 South Road, Melrose Park. They also sell donated used clothing and toys.

They also have regular free hairdressers on Monday nights at their main building at 52 Pleasant Avenue, Glandore. Plus, occasional free doctors, dentists and masseurs also on Mondays.

Puddle Jumpers
52 Pleasant Avenue, Glandore, 5035. (New address)
Every Monday at 5:00pm - 7:00pm except public holidays.
ph (08) 7071 5270. No I.D. or registration required.
Free food, hot coffee, soup, hot pies, feminine and toiletry products.
Hairdressers every Monday with masseurs, doctors and dentists occasionally.
Also, free fruit and vegetables at their Op Shops at 300 Port Road, Hindmarsh and 975 South Road, Melrose.
30 November 2018

Pilgrim Church free coffee lounge

Last regular coffee day is Tuesday 18 December.

Pre-christmas lunch on Wednesday, 19 December at 12:00 noon.

Registration is not necessary and it is not reserved for regulars: anyone anyone can turn up.

Lounge re-opens in mid-January at the earliest.

Pilgrim Church Lounge
12 Flinders Street, Adelaide (near King William St and Victoria Square)
10:00am - 2:00pm Monday to Friday (back of church)
Free coffee, tea and biscuits. Relaxing atmosphere. No I.D. required.
30 November 2018

Elizabeth Fred’s Van on Sunday

“You can’t stay there. They’ll fine you,” an older homeless man told the young man. They were talking about safe places to sleep at night. The young man was slumped over the outdoor table from exhaustion while they waited for the Fred’s Van cafe doors to open. A third man, Homeless Les, sat quietly in the corner. Les is a veteran and protects himself at all levels of his existence.

A toothless woman from Terowie sat at our table. “Another pill breakfast,” she said to Janice sorting her 29 daily prescribed pills. “My mother took 72 a day,” she said.

We asked the Terowie woman about the bones of the dead man found in the fireplace. “I know the house,” she said. Her face was familiar.

The fisherman said a man at Fred’s Van Gawler had threatened to head butt him for no reason, but backed down. He talks honestly. I’ve seen him in confrontation at Ucare in Gawler. Other men talked about the fights they’d won while demonstrating their knockout blows. Aiden’s father wasn’t there; he’d gone shark hunting. George the Elder was also absent.

A man with bronchitis destroyed his tobacco butts (bumpers) to prevent anyone else from getting them. “The virus is on them,” he said.

A semi-savant man said someone had tried to break his screen in what might be a turf war over cigarette butt collecting. Anyone seen smoking a full cigarette in the vicinity of the Elizabeth shopping centre is trailed by collectors who grab the butt when it is thrown on the ground. Ashtrays aren’t needed in Elizabeth.

We’re all equal at Fred’s Van, but when we leave we slot back into our separate social status niches.

The doors opened at 12:00 noon, later than usual. The takeaway bread from Coles was three days old. The fruit and vegetable bags contained two sweating purple onions, three sweating greenish potatoes and four tolerable small carrots. Lunch was a homemade leek and celery soup, chicken in an excellent sauce, a fresh salad and healthy Coleslaw. Dessert was cheesecake and ice-cream though apple pie was served near the end. Meals have greatly improved.

Homeless Les sat hidden in the back alcove of the Conference Centre of the Fred’s Van complex. This is where they hand out food parcels and supermarket gift cards during the week. When he left, Lucky took up the position.

Hardly 40 guests had turned up, similar to the lower number at Cos We Care the previous day.

Fred’s Van Elizabeth
St Vincent de Paul Centre, 8 Langford Drive, Elizabeth (near Elizabeth railway station). 12:00 noon Sundays. 6:00pm Wednesdays. Free. 36 seat restaurant plus outdoor seating. Much improved soup, main meal, sandwiches, dessert and coffee. Staff don’t rush the diners. Excellent salt and pepper shakers. Limited fruit, vegetable and bread takeaways, which are also sometimes available from Op Shop most weekdays.
30 November 2018

Adelaide City Salvos

Kelvin reportedly told another person that Jo Hodge continues with the Do Unto Others program on Wednesdays and Saturdays at Adelaide Congress Hall.

However, her mother, the worthy Equity Queen, has not been seen for ages.

Youth with a Mission are occasionally there.

Salvation Army
277 Pirie Street, Adelaide (close to Hutt Street) Every Saturday
5:00pm Coffee, milo, tea, cordial and water
6:00pm Main meal and dessert
7:00pm Church service (voluntary)
Evening program. Everything free. No registration or I.D. required.
Mildly dangerous.
30 November 2018

Riviera Hotel as a doss house

“No, no,’ said Matilda at the Riviera Hote,l opposite the Royal Adelaide Hospital, to the question of whether they “have a bunch of homeless there.”

She said patients stay there of their own accord.

30 November 2018

Major June Purdy

“I highly doubt whether she’s capable of being a secretary at front of house for a Guatemalan whore house in the low season.”

Anonymous from a broken world
30 November 2108

Puddle Jumpers

If you see Piper contact the police, advises a writer on a Puddle Jumpers web page.

30 November 2018

(above) Window of the Faith Works free and cheap food shop in the semi-abandoned shopping centre on the cnr. Woodford and Laverstock Rds, Elizabeth North.

(above) Faith Works are part of the Influencers Church. Their other free food venue is at 24 Barndioota Road, Salisbury Plains. The free stuff from Food Bank is limited and gone by lunch. They also sell out-of-date grocery items, also from Food Bank.

(above) The Faith Works store at the back of the Elizabeth North shopping centre on the corner of Woodford and Laverstock Roads.

St Paul’s drop-in-centre
at Port Adelaide

A homeless woman living outside in a hammock said her ex-boyfriend gets food from a supermarket near where the drug dealers hang out behind Cash Converters. “Two-litre Iced coffee,” she said.

“Dogs,” a white Aboriginal responded. It wasn’t clear if he was speaking of her ex or supermarket staff.

29 November 2018

The Food Barn at Elizabeth Anglicare

The joint was nearly empty. Clown Prince Wayne had been right. Friday lunch included everything left over from the previous four days. A mishmash stew looking none too attractive. Two people got baked beans and white bread. That was safer. Monday lunches have over twice the diners. Fresher dishes.

A taxi driver getting married the following week knocked her full cup of coffee over the table and chairs. “Taxi,” someone called.

Outside the dining room, the organisation went on emergency alert. The eyes of the few staff remaining darted in all directions. An ex-Anglicare employee had entered the building. A critic. Someone who knows where the bodies are buried.

The boss came downstairs and faced each direction she moved, but avoided eye contact.

Anglicare Mission
91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
Monday to Friday. Free morning tea 10:30am-11:30am. Free lunch 11:30am-12:30pm.
No dessert, No takeaways. Strange salt and peppershakers.
No I.D. or registration required. Free tampons from machine.
Free Orange Sky Laundry from 11:00am to 1:00pm on Thursdays.
Security guard in car park and in dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in.
29 November 2018

(above) Dirty needle bins outside the Anglicare welfare joint in Elizabeth. These metal bins replace a large plastic rubbish bin kept previously inside near the front counter. Addicts become so desperate that they'll rob the bins for old needles to drain off tiny amounts of Ice or heroin.

(above) While the Christian-based Shalom House drug rehab joint in Perth sees drug junkies as having become converted agents for darkness, Anglicare portrays these same people as not criminals, but people with medical issues.

Faith Works shifts to Blair Athol for one week only

The Faith Works weekly free food event at the Influencers Church in Salisbury Plain is moving to Blair Athol this Sunday only.

Opening time is about 4:30pm and the one week only address is 5 Clifton Street, Blair Athol, on the corner of Prospect Road.

To verify this you might phone the Red Shed
on 0413 537 304.

28 November 2018

The Port Church religious meal

The man sitting out front of the church had the idea of hiring a cruise ship for people with schizophrenia and depression. He said it should include doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists plus an MRI machine. His specific interest is neuro-rewiring of the electricity in his brain. He wants to stop the auditory disturbances in his mind.

Inside the Port Church, most people believe that putting your life in the hands of Jesus and God will fix things.

The twenty or thirty City Salvo and Port outcast crowd that used to turn up for the free Wednesday meal have been replaced by Believers. There were just four of us last week including Kerrie who had been taken away by an ambulance the week before.

The church associate minister picked up the powerful microphone and humbly interrupted our meal and conversation. He said he had a message for us. It was from the Bible. “If I could ask for your attention?” he said. Everyone stopped talking and stopped eating. He talked for five or ten minutes, which he ended with a prayer.

The food included plenty of variety, but no salt and pepper. The vegetarians were served first. Perhaps it was my paranoia that the servers were questioning my legitimacy, as if I was one of the meat-eating imposters I had warned them against. Even hardened derelicts have finer sentiments?

In the dining room, I watching the crowd with hard eyes, trying to understand the mechanics of exclusion. Why had our crowd stopped coming here? Why did I feel so emotionally empty and dry each Wednesday when I walked from the building?

I watched the other three outcasts and they too were isolated at their tables as the church members subtly turned away from them. No one could be blamed. I’ve done the same while living in monasteries. When we had visitors from “outside”, there was just nothing to say to them with their shallow existences. And so it was now, except in reverse.

The last free meal for the year is on 5 December while the Christmas Party is in the park across Carnarvon Terrace on 16 December from 4:00pm to 7:00pm.

The Port Church
47 Carnarvon Terrace, Largs North. (Le Fevre Baptist Church Hall)
Wednesdays 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Dinner, used clothing, fresh fruit and vegetables
“Open to All & All for Free”. No I.D. or registration requirements.
Phone 0414 693 218 for more details. No Ice Dealers.
This review for 14 November 2018
28 November 2018

Clown Prince Wayne at the Food Barn

Clown Prince Wayne sat in the middle of the main table in the dining room of the Food Barn at Elizabeth. An unusual act for him.

He was carrying a short piece of plastic coated wire shaped into a noose. He’d been at a beach “up south” where he’d gone into a shed, then emerged naked.

Others at the beach had tried to cover him, but he resisted. He said he’d been to court that morning and got a $250 fine. Previously, he could have gone to jail for five days to pay it off, but that was no longer possible.

He held up his mini-noose and said people had been asking if he was alright.

“He’s made up the whole thing,” the Horse Trainer Lady said, sitting next to Wayne. He responded by saying that he had turned 65 and applied for the Aged Pension and no longer had to do “voluntary” work for Anglicare, but would continue cleaning the church, anyway. He jumped up from his chair and said he had to go upstairs to help the boss with a problem.

Anglicare Mission
91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
Monday to Friday. Free morning tea 10:30am-11:30am. Free lunch 11:30am-12:30pm.
No dessert, No takeaways. Strange salt and peppershakers.
No I.D. or registration required. Free tampons from machine.
Free Orange Sky Laundry from 11:00am to 1:00pm on Thursdays.
Security guard in car park and in dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in.
28 November 2018

Piano Player Wayne's lament

Dashing through the heat

With Bacardi, oh what a treat,

Single malt I pray,

Drinking Scotch all day.

Where’s my weed and bong?

I'll choof, choof all night long

What’s a guy supposed to do

When everything’s going wrong.

Hospital, hospital, bring me rum and Coke

Don’t forget the Mersindol

Before I choke or croak.

Piano Player Wayne
28 November 2018

Ruf Us rewriting history

The Ruf Us “homeless” organisation is rewriting its history. They say the organisation began in 2011. The actual year was 2010.

Are they attempting to minimise the role of the Ruf Us founder, whom they edged out?

28 November 2018

(above) Despite blanket appeals being the catchcry of most homeless joint fundraising campaigns, it is very hard for a person living outside to get them. Surprisingly, UnitingSA in Port Adelaide last month had two shopping trolleys of Creswick Wool blankets and told casual clients to "Help yourself." No questions asked. One client said to be quick because at the end of the day they would be sent to the witness protection joint next to the pawn shop.

Plenty blankets in Adelaide CBD

from the anonymous contact page

“Take a quick tour near probable overnight sleeping spots to find one or two, along with sheets or wraps, and plenty cardboard mats.

“Homeless waste blankets like they are going out of style...

“Even after an overnight storm, wet blankets may be found aplenty, laying around abandoned by the careless vagabonds vagrants.

“Beware the sharpened shards of glass from broken booze bottles and hypodermic syringes often sticking around nearby and taking their cut on life.”

27 November 2018

Oz Harvest Adelaide

An observer outside Oz Harvest’s warehouse in Bowden watched an employee exit the front entrance carrying a cooler bag to her car in the employee carpark.

Another employee came out with three plastic containers that he took to the carpark. A third person carried a small backpack to a car at the front.

This doesn’t mean anything untoward, but was simply what was observed.

27 November 2018

Welfare Loans

from the Night Talker

“From the anonymous home page, want a no interest loan to pay for a lounge and a PlayStation 4 and or gaming computer.

“Hate to rain on your parade, but there is some very specific criteria in regards a Step up Loan or a NILS Loan (No interest loan)

“Firstly you have to have already successfully paid off a Step up Loan before you can be offered a NILS loan and secondly, the NILS loan (which is up to $3000,00) is ONLY for essential household items. (White good, car repairs/purchase or required furniture) you will NOT be approved for a PlayStation or a Gaming Computer. (As they are not considered essential items).

“Furthermore, as far as I am aware IT items are not on the list of approved items for purchase with either a NILS or Step up Loan.

“The Only charities that I know of that provide funds for IT equipment are the Benevolent Foundation, The Whyatt Foundation, and the Smith Family (via their Super Saver saving for education scheme).“In order to meet the criteria to get funding from these charities, you need to be actively enrolled in a course and passing each semester. In regards the Smith Families, Super Saver account (ANZ bank) you need to have a low income health care card, some part time income (besides your centrelink benefit) and be able to put away $50.00 a month. When you have saved $500.00, you will receive an additional payment of $500.00 that you can spend on IT equipment or educational expenses (e.g. laptop, keyboard, mouse, office chair, schoolbag textbooks, tuition fees etc etc)

“I hope this information clarifies what you can and can't get via NILS and Step Up Loans.”

The Night Talker.
27 November 2018

Clarification from the Salvation Army

Clarifying the Night Talkers clarification over NILS / Step Up Loans.

NILS is the initial loan (up to $1,500) with Step Up being the next step up.

You can apply for a NILS loan if you meet the eligibility criteria of being on "a low income and has a willingness and capacity to repay the loan amount." (https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/en/Find-Us/South-Australia/RedShieldNILS/)

You can purchase technology, as long as you have the capacity to pay it back. Check out the above website for information on what you can apply for along with what evidence you will need to provide and where to apply.

Hope this helps.

Name and Salvation Army email address supplied
28 November 2018

From the anonymous contact page

“We are victims of public housing south australia (hsa).

1. prison population
2. the criminally insane
3. detention centre illegals
4. outback attackers
5. hsa molestation and abuse

have destroyed our lives.”The scavenger

27 November 2018

On the mean streets of Adelaide

A decent northern Adelaide soup kitchen man living a harsh life has found a means of expressing his kindness. Along with his wife, he rescues stray cats. However, Playford Council has ordered him to get rid of all except three. They had 27 and now have 13.

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A 53-year-old man living in Elizabeth couldn’t remember the previous 24 hours. They were gone, completely. He isn’t a drug addict or mentally ill, but has diabetes and crippling arthritis.He’s tried to get a disability pension five times, but is classed as being fit and ready to work. He rarely leaves his Housing Trust unit, due to depression and immobility.

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When asked what she thought the world needed, a disabled woman said: “Peace, love, respect and kindness to animals.”

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“Nothing is free and stop wasting my time,” said a female employee at the Hutt Street Centre when a woman phoned asking about free meals on Christmas Day.

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Jacob Hodge is reported to have left Adelaide Congress Hall. The Sunday gatherings attract little more than fifty people and many of those who attend go with “gritted teeth”, according to a source within the Salvation Army.

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Druggies in rehab joints eat scabs they peel from their arms. These contain drugs expelled from the body that react to the poison.

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A decent man phoned his mother. He threatened go to her house and burn it down. He was angry because she wouldn’t give him his uncle’s phone number.His uncle is a murderer who plans to marry the decent man’s ex-wife. This would give the murderer custody of the other man’s children. The father said this possibility was damaging his mind.

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An Aboriginal woman spoke with glee as she told us about discovering an electrical power point in a park where she sleeps.

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A church volunteer said her police officer sister told her she’d be out of a job if it wasn’t for drugs.*Kmart has reputedly stopped giving out-of-season clothing to the RSPCA as it now goes to Africa.

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There is a problem with 2-minute noodles at St Bede’s Drop-in-Centre at Semaphore. The first dozen patrons grab the lot leaving none for the following twenty. St Bede’s don’t put enough on the counter.

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The Salvation Army in Kadina sold a used book. It included handy hints on washing yourself with kerosene to kill lice; pulling out your own teeth, and stealing petrol and firewood.

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Rob has gone from being a client to being a leading member of Cos We Care. He drives the vans, collects food and supervises the distribution on Saturdays and Sundays.

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A disabled man said that doors and windows on the upper floors of the WorkCover building in Adelaide had been locked to prevent unhappy clients jumping to their deaths. He said one man actually jumped off the top of the building due to WorkCover bureaucrats treated him with abuse.

This could make an ideal subject for a South Australian Royal Commission: how many people have been driven to suicide by government bureaucrats.

Late 26 November 2018

(above) Another load of junk dumped at the Playford Salvation Army Corps at Elizabeth East. (Adelaide Homeless Journal 2018)

(above) The Salvos get work-for-the-dole people to smash up unwanted donations and cram them into expensive industrial rubbish bins. The Salvos are under constant attack because rubbish dumpers and burglars know they are reluctant to prosecute. (Adelaide Homeless Journal 2018)

The joy of plastic cutlery

Child Protection social workers kidnapped a boy from his well-meaning druggie parents and put him into a foster home.
The boy escaped and ended up living on the streets at 14.

He’s nearly 18 now and back with his parents. He learnt one thing about himself during that tumultuous period of his life: he hates washing dishes.

He says that when he gets a house of his own, he will use only plastic cutlery and plates.

When his parents told this story at Fred’s Van Elizabeth, no one at the table laughed. We’re used to absurdities such as when the boy began living on the streets, his parents asked Child Protection if he could return to their home. The answer was, “No.” No one at our table laughed at that, either.

25 November 2018

Belinda’s first hurrah

Belinda’s first free meal on taking over from Daniel the Chef at the Food Barn in Elizabeth included a warm potato salad, sausages, beetroot, tequila olives, bread and margarine, fresh salad with cream dressing, apples, oranges, questionable watermelon and wheat slices from the All Natural Bakery.

Things went downhill after that with Friday’s lunch being a dodgy stew compiled of what was left over during the week.Monday is the day to dine there; Friday to avoid.

25 November 2018

Clown Prince Wayne

The Prince told a woman who washes dishes not to speak to other men. She told him: “Go away Wayne.”That wasn’t very police. His title is Clown Prince Wayne. It’s like calling Prince Leonard of Hutt River Province, “Lenny”.

25 November 2018

Irreversible citizenship

“Every Being is a bona fide citizen of the Nation of Nature

This entitlement is a citizenship that can NEVER be taken away.

That is why it is so important to remain in-tune with Nature, to be natural.”

The Rundle Spy
25 November 2018

A child’s first drug dealer

A northern suburbs truck driver got pneumonia last winter and is still recovering.

He gets $573 every two weeks from NewStart unemployment payments. His rent is $570.He could get cheaper and nastier housing, but is keeping his place in anticipation of regaining custody of his children.

He said the social workers and doctors put his boy on Risperidone and other drugs that turned him into a zombie. He said he’d prefer his son to react and tell him to piss off rather than not react, like a zombie.

When he regains custody, he hopes to get the higher paying parental allowance.

The Food Barn at Elizabeth
24 November 2018

Baptist WestCare
near Whitmore Square

An old hand at the homeless joint said it wasn’t the man kicked out for life who put pornography in the cook’s mailbox ten years ago, but a black woman friend of the cook.
Because specific accusations, let alone an investigation, were not carried out, the issue was never clarified to those most affected. This was perhaps a miscarriage of justice and a tragedy of miscommunication.

24 November 2018

Furniture talk

From the anonymous contact page

“I saw someone ask about help with furniture. I have received help in the past from agencies but also plan to take out a no interest loan with the Salvos at Elizabeth for a lounge and gaming computer or Playstation 4.”

Gary Anoy
24 November 2018

Anglicare Gutter Cleaners

from the Night Talker

“In response to minors not being allowed near the gutter cleaners at Anglicare Units.

“I suspect that Anglicare might be frightened that minors may be exposed to some tradie "bum-crack" and then need to seek immediate counselling/compensation from the organisation in question. I mean if you are not tough, this may be a difficult experience for any young person to go through?

“Then again, the number of whale tales, tramp stamps and bum cracks generally evident in the Northern Suburbs, makes it difficult for myself to fathom that a young person may not have yet been exposed to some genuine "bum-crack"

“You be the judge?”

The Night Talker.
24 November2018

From the Anonymous Contact Page

“Attn Editor:

Please edit/censor as wished/needed.

Am Veteran Elder Abuse Victim in Public Housing.

Recently discovered background music device, kept on to show presence at property, was turned OFF upon returning "home".

Public Housing official stated they have NO keys to this property.

Have NOT lent or left keys to anyone.

Emergency landline phone service gone deadabout.

No way to call if in danger by government bugger / thief.

Even as homeless folks have property stolen / confiscated / interfered with by public officials / workers, so the same could be in Public Housing.

Not a good feeling. Not a fair game. Not cricket.

Gilberton Housing Trust Tenant
24 November 2018

Employment Directions takes another wrong turn

This government contractor has been funded to run psychological assessments on unemployed people as part of the latter’s’ “mutual obligation”.

A Commonwealth Employment Service employee named Harry Devartznidis tried this on me when I was homeless and desperate in 1992. I refused to see a psychologist so he stopped my dole payments and I spent seven months living outside without an income. Bureaucrats then destroyed the documentation to make it appear the event had never happened.

Meanwhile, another person occasionally unemployed remembers “a male staff member of Employment Directions at a “Jobs Fair” took a prospective woman client out to his car. She got from the “Fair” some pens, fridge magnets, soft drinks, a sausage sandwich and Chlamydia.”

But getting back to Mutual Obligation, the government is increasing its intrusion into the innermost privacy of vulnerable human beings. And mercenaries like those at Employment Directions are willing to do the dirty work.

Adelaide Homeless Journal photographer
23 November 2018

Diamond Clubhouse sold

An insider said that the board of management has sold the complex for $10.5 million.

Diamond House on Kilkenny Road, Woodville Park was founded in 1996 by Ishbel Diamond who wanted a social and educational venue for her son and others.

Diamond House has 240 active members. Membership is free and for people with mental illness challenges. No referral is necessary.

Ensuring that members obtain adequate services via the N.D.I.S. is a current key activity.

The insider said that heating and maintaining the building had become too expensive. There has been talk that Diamond Clubhouse might buy a building next to Fasta Pasta in Port Adelaide, but this has not been confirmed.

The Directors of Clubhouse must be nervous about ensuring the $10.5 million is spent wisely.

Ishbel must have been quite a woman and wouldn’t take kindly if the current directors fritter away the assets.

23 November 2018

(above) You've got a lot of nerve.

(above) Nothing much changes in the dead zone at 26 South Terrace, Wingfield. If it was near the city, the homeless crowd would turn that garbage into shelters, and sleep in the van.

The Salvation Army at war

Guerrilla warfare against the Salvation Army in Elizabeth East continues. Patrons say someone in a truck dumped a load of dirt and rubble in front of the main building.
Others have urinated in the donation bin and stolen both surveillance cameras.

A work-for-the dole man has been allocated the job of busting up furniture so it can fit more efficiently into the Army’s industrial rubbish bins. He has been given a hammer, but cut his finger on the splintering furniture.

These attacks on the Salvation Army resemble guerrilla warfare rather than simple vandalism. In response, the Army has increased its presence at its Elizabeth East church buildings.

Salvation Army Elizabeth East
39 Kinkaid Road, Elizabeth East. ph 8252 7196
Fridays 11:00am to 12:30pm. Free. Decent toilets.
Barbecued sausages, onions, vegetables, sauce, homemade soup, bottled water and coffee.
No I.D. or registration required.
Free vegetables and bread from 9:30am to 10:00am. Quite good. No coffee.
Free fruit and vegetables available intermittently in Op Shop. No I.D. needed.
Better bags of groceries and gift cards require interview via appointment with current I.D. not necessarily a Centrelink Card. No appointment needed on Fridays.
22 November 2018

(above) Child molesting compensation application form. Many people in the Adelaide homeless scene were childhood victims of child molesters, of which some were sadistic women. It seems that years in an institution prepared many children for the profession of can and scrap metal collecting. At least, many of them can collect $50,000 compensation for experiences that ruined their life. Perhaps the future will include compensation for psychological damage caused by forcing vulnerable people to do fake unemployment courses.

From the anonymous contact page

“Remember when a few years (decades?) ago when yers truly wuz bein chased/fallered by a Channel 7 (?) news crew and yers truly pulled into a Hungry Jacks (?) and parked an da Channel 7 (?) news crew tried to hide by slinkin slidin down in ther car and outwittin yers truly ?

Well, thats the same type feelin I'm gettin from my Public Housing officer.

Shees a real bugger, just like that Felicity (?) gal er commando / commanda fascista communista who wuz chasin / followin ya.

Really a bumma feelin...

Feel like a fixin ta die blues.

Can understand why some fellas become misogynistic.”

Name and address known
22 November 2018

(above) Another homeless camp near Port Adelaide while government welfare housing remains empty and reserved for battered women and refugees.

(above) A homeless man's bedding in the bush near Outer Harbour in Adelaide. Finding somewhere to store bedding during the day is nearly the most important aspect of living outside, and something the homeless support agencies make sure they don't provide. (Adelaide Homeless Journal circa November 2018).

(above) A vacated shelter on an unused carpark rooftop in Adelaide. So many Australian citizens live outside while government and government-funded housing corporations keeps welfare housing empty. (circa November 2018)

Why does Anglicare keep retirement units empty?

A man phoned Anglicare seeking accommodation for his 73-year-old mother. He asked about the group of 16 retirement units in Elizabeth that have four vacancies, one of which has been empty for 7 months.

The employee said there was a long waiting list of people trying to get into the units. As to the unfilled vacant units, the employee became vague and muttered something about “maintenance issues”.

Meanwhile, the tenants in the other units want Anglicare to send out an employee to explain why the units are being kept empty and inviting vandalism. There has been no response so tenants are talking of calling in Today/Tonight.

21 November 2018

On the street

A director of a charity that operates an outdoor soup kitchen said she existed in “a bubble” as she served customers as she did not have time to watch what was happening around her.
She was responding to a client telling how the venue was actually a drug scene using the soup kitchen as cover.

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A 91-year-old woman with extreme arthritis is drinking Hemp Massage Oil as a painkiller. She says it hasn’t reduced the pain at all, but she feels happier in her head.

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Patrons of the Anglicare free breakfast in the Way Café in Elizabeth are concerened the service may close.
The Monday to Wednesday free breakfast at 9:00am is held in the café, which is closing at the end of December.

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A woman in the Food Barn has a fabulous body that bureaucratic women would kill for. She interacts healthily with her children. She speaks nicely to others.
But her arms flays about as she speaks through missing teeth and then the telltale sores on her face. A sign of the times.

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Outside Anglicare, a woman with a baby was overjoyed. She’d been allocated a three-bedroom semi-detached house.
Mick and Denise heard her and gave her a carton of elderly baby formula.

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Joylene Whitehead gave another disabled woman the finger. The other woman and her ex-husband were examing the burnt speed camera on the corner of Greenhill Road and Anzac Highway.

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There was a fight at Gawler Fred’s van between two drunks. Another diner said, “I go there for a feed, not to get involved in a fight.”

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Derryn, the Liamsans security guard at the Anglicare Food Barn in Elizabeth, slammed the kitchen door earlier this month. He later pointed at a woman in a jabbing manner.
She’d told us it was his birthday and he’d been trying to keep it secret.

*

A dealer and his entourage walked into the Food Barn then walked out upon discovering the menu was pasta and white bread.

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Blanket appeals are common in the mass media. Blankets are a primary necessity for those living outside. But getting one or two is very difficult if you’re a “not-signed-up for rehab” type of homeless person.

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A UnitingSA manager said that staff will suffer reduced salaries as the N.D.I.S. replaces other government funding for disability services.

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“Young Filipino women kill off their old white husbands. In my father’s case, it was the other way around.
“In my heart of hearts, I believe that.”

from a section of conversation at a soup kitchen

*

COS We Care last week gave away bottles of Listerine Total Care Zero Alcohol mouth wash. The zero alcohol version replaces alcohol with sodium lauryl sulphate, which is also found in hair shampoo. This is easier on the teeth than alcohol and makes the mouth wash taste slightly of hair shampoo.

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“Paul don’t forget,” says a sign over the washing tubs in the Anglicare Food Barn dining room in Elizabeth. This was telling Paul not to forget to put out the rubbish bins. Paul said he still occasionally forgets.

*

Dave at Gospel City Church arrived bitten from bugs that have infested his new Housing Trust home.
21 November 2018

Steal this book

From the Anonymous Contact Page

“In reply to anonymous, about Drake Foodland having discount days information and Abby Hoffman, steal yourself rich. I have just gone onto eBay and purchased a complete second hand copy of this book for the outrageous sum of $21.00 (Australian) it better be worth it, because I will be coming after you if this is not the case...…

Have a great day! :0)

The Night Talker.
Editor: https://ulozto.net/!0PL8WeAllq9O/hoffman-abbie-steal-this-book-pdf

20 November 2018

Druggie lesbian acts strangely

Gavin Waaganeen’s sister, Orga, was walking on the street when a drugged out lesbian ran up to her and tried to “hump her leg”. When Orga got into a car, the lesbian turned around and pulled her pants down.
20 November 2018

Elizabeth Food Barn

“They don’t know how hard we work to make this,” said Joe the cook at the Food Barn earlier this month. Some diners at the druggies’ table had left their plates of food nearly untouched. Nor had they taken them to Paul at the cleaning tubs. They weren’t even druggies, but normal people.
Meanwhile, Tricky Mick at the front table said he’d been robbed and wanted to borrow $150. Those around him appreciated the humour.

Tricky Mick said that sections of the Anglicare complex were closing down permanently after Christmas and that the whole building would be demolished. He said the new building would include showers.

At the table next to the dormant wood stove, a diner from the Riverland said he’d worked 38 years and had nothing to show for it. He said his missus “cleaned me out” and that she had all this cards.

Another man said he’d be homeless if a friend hadn’t let him stay at his Housing Trust flat in Christies. He said it was a strange building full of people screaming and yelling all night and that “they burn bonfires right up against the flats”.
He said Anglicare had given him new clothing after everything had been stolen, but that after a week his new clothing had also been stolen.

Anglicare Mission
91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
Monday to Friday. Free morning tea 10:30am-11:30am. Free lunch 11:30am-12:30pm.
No dessert, No takeaways. Strange salt and peppershakers.
No I.D. or registration required. Free tampons from machine.
Free Orange Sky Laundry from 11:00am to 1:00pm on Thursdays.
Security guard in car park and in dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in.
20 November 2018

Scavenging as recycling

from the Night Talker

“Unusual items collected through bin diving and at charity giveaway days and the continuing fight against wanton wastage!

“My country town runs it own (self-funded) food and other things give away, once a week (usually on a Thursday) This happens because organisations around the area, (kindly) donate unwanted food and other items. sometimes these items are "unusual".

“Recently someone donated a box of unused and still sealed "pumice" stones. (Now the locals have no reason for not having soft, smooth feet) Hand sanitiser. Several crates of washing machine liquid and dish washing liquid. Fly spray, muesli, "salvital" drink powder and some face mask products.

“From my bin diving, I managed to acquire some quite expensive, medicated pet shampoo (still sealed) rubbish bin deodoriser/cleaner (still sealed) Ice cube bags and personal deodorant. (still sealed).

“As per usual nothing I have collected has a broken seal, is leaking or out of date, but for some reason (unbeknown to us mere mortals outside of the supermarket industry) all have ended up in the bin, ready to go to landfill/rubbish town at Lower Light.

“Being once again on Newstart payments (as my most recent work contract ended on the 29th of October) I cannot actually go out and buy these products off the shelf, so am relegated to fishing them out of bins, or waiting for the next charity hand out day within my town.

“Yet if we go to some of the more well known charities in metro areas and ask for these products within the context of an emergency assistance interview, you will probably not get anything (go figure?) or have to go through a 45 minute personal interview/formalised lifestyle counselling session, before even being offered a third of what I have managed to collect, in the last week or so.

“I understand that there are certain items that need to be in a bin (rotting meat/vegetables, leaking, dangerous or damaged produce. (No argument there) But nothing I have collected or been given, even comes close and why on earth would you be sending sealed and in-date $12.00 tubes of toothpaste (using the Pro-enamel toothpaste as an example) to landfill? People living on a benefit, cannot afford to buy this (excellent) product, but Supermarkets can afford to throw it straight in the bin??? (OMG PEOPLES!)

“The photo I have put up for display on this website, is only a fraction of what I have collected during the last 12 months, but shows clearly that Supermarket waste continues to happen, largely unchecked and unabated.

“It cements my argument as well that unwanted produce is also not getting to those who need it most. Either Foodbank, Second Bite and/or Oz Harvest are not interested in rescuing this stuff, or they have some kind of ulterior motive (e.g. to sell out of date crap to the poor at cost (which I think appears, to be becoming more and more evident).

“At the end of the day, you be the judge?”

The Night Talker
20 November 2018

Salisbury Fred’s Van

Jason with MS has returned to Fred’s Van in Salisbury riding a new steed. It’s his new mobility scooter from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (N.D.I.S.). It replaces his rubbishy three-wheeler that had the tendency to suddenly switch to full speed at the most inopportune times.

It went amok inside the Salisbury Institute during a Fed’s Van meal. Another patron drove the faulty machine back to Jason’s house.

But this helpful patron has had his own problems. He thought strangers planned to stab him, but ended up being taken away by the men-in-white. A friend said he’d been smoking too much marijuana. This is a shame because his reaction to Jason’s scooter going out of control in the dining room was superior to that of anyone else.

Fred’s Van Salisbury
Salisbury Institute building at 17 Wiltshire St, Salisbury (in the Salisbury Institute building next to PBA-FM radio station). 6:00pm Sunday. Soup, main meal, dessert, coffee and takeaways. Free. No I.D. required. Overcrowded, but quite good.
Late 19 November 2018

Cheap or free furniture for people moving into new house

Salvation Army Warehouse

83 Research Road Pooraka
phone: 08-82625251
email: [email protected]
Opening Hours: all day Saturday (9am-4pm)
Salvo social workers may give a $400 credit voucher.

Containers of Hope

Phone: 0413279753
Explosives Rd Edinburgh SA 5111.

Good Luck.
The Night Talker.

Gutter statement

In a new low of turning the normal into the weird, Anglicare’s gutter cleaning contractor sent the following no-reply text message to tenants:

“Hello, We are Gutter-Vac, contracted gutter cleaners for Anglicare Housing.

“Please be advised that we are commencing annual gutter cleaning soon.

“You do not need to be present however we will knock on your door prior to commencing. Please note that should there be any unaccompanied minor under 17 present, we will not be able to proceed.”

19 November 2018

Working together
at the Food Barn

The former heroin addict asked three elderly woman where he could get a food hamper for Christmas.

They told him about the Playford Fund in the Elizabeth shopping centre. One woman said she got a double bed, furniture and electrical goods from them.

The former heroin addict doesn’t appear an ex-addict. He lacks the haggard appearance or sneakiness of current and reformed addicts.

The scar on his head is from a car smash and after neurosurgery he became addicted to pain killers then spent his $300,000 compensation money on heroin. He attempted a return to his trade, but due to the car smash can no longer make the fine calculations necessary.

This 29-year-old has been clean from drugs for three years and faces the challenge of re-establishing his life as a disabled man.

Like him, most people in the Anglicare Food Barn are decent folk, but all are wary of the predators within the culture.

Anglicare Mission
91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
Monday to Friday. Free morning tea 10:30am-11:30am. Free lunch 11:30am-12:30pm.
No dessert, No takeaways. Strange salt and peppershakers.
No I.D. or registration required. Free tampons from machine.
Free Orange Sky Laundry from 11:00am to 1:00pm on Thursdays.
Security guard in car park and in dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in.
19 November 2018

Christmas hamper season
nearly finished

It is too late to apply for most Christmas hampers. Some charities allocated their hampers in the first week of registrations.

According to one client, UnitingSA in Port Adelaide are so cheap that their applications for hampers are actually raffle tickets. The winners get hampers; the others get nothing.
St Vincent de Paul are reputed to be giving either hampers or money.

Anglicare requires the completion of a two-page application form while the Playford Community Fund ask, “Do you really need it?” That is a difficult question for honest people.
The Housing Trust offers free food hampers for those undergoing psychological treatment in their “support” program for people who have moved from living outside to living inside.

My once in a lifetime hamper put me off. It was the “Hamper from Hell” from the Adelaide Central Mission in Pitt Street. A box of stale processed food.

The Salvation Army seeks donations to pay for their hampers. They’ve jumped on the politically correct bandwagon. Their latest mailbox drop has images of a woman with a split lip, black eye and facial abrasions along with a boy with a cut under his right eye.

It may be an effective fundraising approach, but it is inaccurate. Most people seeking hampers are simply poor. Some woman know that the abused woman routine works well at charities so they use it.

Adelaide Homeless Journal photographer
19 November 2018

Simple money saving hacks
from the Night Talker

“Foodland/Drake Supermarkets have pensioner discount or markdown days. (Check with each individual supermarket, as they are independently owned so the days might vary). I know the Drakes Supermarket I go to in a small country town near me, has a 20% discount for pensioner/low income health care card holders, every Wednesday. (This is on your entire shop not individual items).

“Foodland also issue Fuel Vouchers for any shop over $35.00. This gives you 4 cent a litre off your petrol purchase at service stations, that accept these dockets. Sometimes people leave these dockets behind in returned trolleys or drop them on the floor. (I collected four last week) so collecting them this way, is also a good idea. Also try and fill your car up, on the cheapest day in the fuel cycle and avoid doing this during the most expensive days of the cycle.

“Most supermarkets have mark down days (usually at the end of the week). If you cannot or will not BIN DIVE, this is the next best option. The Woolworths I go to, does this each Friday and the Drakes supermarkets usually do it on a Monday.

“Some perishable items (milk, meat, cheese, yogurt etc) can be marked down as much as 75% There are also often permanently marked down items on shelves (usually at the back of the store) in larger supermarkets. (This is NEVER openly advertised by ANY supermarket). Sometimes these items might have damaged packaging (e.g. pet food kibble ripped open) or end of line products, that have nothing wrong with them at all) they are simply not going to be replaced, in the next stock run.

“I actually wait till they go in the bin out the back (which is what eventually happens, if this stuff is not sold within a certain timeframe) But regardless, you can save yourself a lot of money, if you look for these discounted items.

“If you need emergency assistance (food, fuel, bill payment, clothing etc) try doing some walk in visits, to country or outer metro area charities/community support agencies. (Most have websites that you can google, for times they are open and what they can offer) I do this occasionally and have NEVER ever been turned away.

“Unlike city based charities/agencies, country or outer metro based agencies seem to not have the same stringent rules/requirements that their sister based cousins have.

“A good story often helps (e.g. just moved here or stranded, passing through, etc, etc) so think of something, whilst you are driving up. You will also need to have a current low-income health care card on you.

“I have received everything from fuel cards to clothing, to food and one off bills paid, at varying times. Yes, you do have to talk with someone, but I have never been refused and treated far more kindly and with more generosity, than when I have asked for the same assistance in metro a reas. (and more often than not, been refused)

“Look for agencies/community groups and or charities that do regular free and or low cost meals. Sometimes these places are well known (e.g. such as Fred's Van or Chat and Chew) but sometimes, this is not so well known. A small country town near me, does $7.00 dollar lunch/dinners six days a week at their community centre and a $5.00 community BBQ (all you can eat) every second and third Sunday of the Month.

“This is NOT advertised outside of the local newsletter. Many churches/church groups do similar things (e.g. a free community meal after Mass or Service) ADRA at Queenstown and Elizabeth do this each Sunday after their church service. (Provide a free meal for anyone walking in from the community) It is something to think about, if you are doing it tough and or counting your pennies.

“If you are with a Job-network provider, force them to assist you (wherever and whenever possible) These agencies get several thousand dollars per client and generous tax payer subsidies from the government for supposedly assisting you. A few fuel cards/supermarket or store e-cards, are not going to set them on the path to financial ruin. Bang on about you having to live on $20.00 bucks a day (which is the actual reality for people on Newstart payments) until they get so sick of you, they hand over what you need. Threaten to ring the Job-network Ombudsman's office or Leon Byner (of 5AA radio fame), if they refuse to assist you.

“Also, make sure you get these lazy parasites to pay for ALL your police clearances and other related checks and short courses (e.g. first aid, child safe environments, manual handling, white card, etc) that most people need to gain employment) DO NOT pay for these items yourself! You do not get enough Money on Newstart allowance as it is, so there should be no logical reason as to why you should be forced to pay for these clearances and or training.

“Also accept any free training that is out there and make sure you are getting every payment and or allowance you are entitled to (Find a good case worker/social worker to assist you, if you cannot do this yourself) and, buy yourself a $25.00 "clothes airer" from Cheap as chips or Bunnings and use that instead of a dryer. (And or use the dryer only in an emergency) This will save you considerable money on your electricity bill, as dryers along with electric heaters and air conditioners, are some of the worst offenders, when it comes to costs associated with your quarterly electricity bill.

“If you have an electric water storage heater, turn this off for three days of the week. The water in the storage unit will stay hot enough for a ten minute shower, each day for the next couple of days. Turn it on again for 12 hours and then turn it off again and repeat the process.

“Your electricity bill will be lower as your water heater is not constantly re-heating each time you turn on the hot water tap. In really hot weather you can turn your water heater off for up to a week at a time, because the water in your pipes going to your house will be so hot, they alone will give you enough hot water for a reasonably warm, five to seven minute shower (This is what I do, during heat waves). If I need some hot water for dishwashing, I get some out of my hot water kettle and pour into the sink.

“During heat waves, cover all your windows on the inside with sheets, that have been "wetted down" This will cool the inside of your house considerably. Try to minimise the use of an air conditioner to one room (if you must use one). At night, open up your house and let as much heat escape as possible. This is more effective than running an A/C around the clock. If you have an A/C make sure that the filter is taken out and cleaned regularly (most are foam re-useable that you wash, dry and re-insert) and serviced as per its running manual requirements. If you are in a rental property, the land-lord or tenant management/utilities officer is responsible for any maintenance. If they do not do this or refuse to assist, report them to the complaints officer at the Residential Tenancies Tribunal. This will force your land agent/strata manager or maintenance officer to do the maintenance that is required of them. Also be mindful that you cannot be evicted for asking for this kind of service, regardless of what your land-lord/or agent might tell you.

“I hope this information helps.”

The Night Talker
19 November 2018

From the Anonymous Contact Page

Comment
Re: Foodland Drake Supermarkets have pensioner discount or markdown days

Great Scoop !

Also: Steal Yerself Rich by Abbie Hoffman

The Rundle Spy
19 November 2018

More free food places

Mary's Pantry

Anglican Church Hall Wallaroo (opposite the Wallaroo Primary School)
Wednesday and Friday 10.00m-12.00 midday
Drop in, no appointment necessary
Food, clothing, blankets, toiletries, hygiene products, diapers, petrol vouchers.
Financial Counselling
Coffee/tea/biscuits.
Requires that you have a current health care card. Nobody turned away but a good story often helps.

Beacon Emergency Services

C/-Blackwood Church and Church of Christ, Shepherds Hill Road Blackwood
Ph 0410 002 909
Every Wednesday 9am-1pm
Drop in, no appointment necessary

Supermarket Vouchers/Bill payment service
Financial counselling/food/blankets/hygiene products/tea/coffee/biscuits/chat
Need to live locally and have a current health care card. No other ID required.

ADRA (Seventh-day Adventist)

5 Light Crescent Mt. Barker 5251
Phone: 08-83912223
email [email protected]
Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Bill payments, petrol vouchers
food, diapers, furniture, counselling, assistance to families (women) fleeing domestic violence situations.

19 November 2018

(above) The Activist Vegetarian is distributing leaflets for the Anti-poverty Network's seminar in Devoren Park next Saturday, 17 November at 2:00pm.

Free meal client numbers down says George the Elder

George said that the free meals “get better and better” every week at City Salvos on Wednesdays as the number of guests “goes down and down”.

He says numbers at many Salvo places are decreasing especially at the free Marion Salvo meal on Fridays. He said just eleven people were at the Unley Corps donation meal on a recent Monday.

Similarly, the free Blokes’ Breakfast at the Marion Life Church of Christ is having trouble. George says there are more volunteers than clients. He says the volunteers urge the remaining clients to “bring your friends; bring your relatives”.

The dining room at the Food Barn in Elizabeth is nearly empty on Fridays when they serve a mish-mash of whatever wasn’t eaten from Monday to Thursday.

Note: Details of these free meals are in the Free Food Guide page of www.homelessadelaideaustralia.weebly.com
17 November 2018

Why do druggies speak
so differently?

Earlier this month, I watched two druggies speaking to each other outside the Salvation Army at Kilkenny.

Instead of articulating their vowels and consonants clearly, their speech resembled a long moan as they waved their arms in the air while swiveling their heads in all directions.

I thought their speech was due to brain damage from drugs and loss of teeth, but possibly it was habitual. Druggies rarely listen to each other for more than five or six words so communication is more effective through groans, shrieks and moans, and sounds of threat or submission.

Speech therapists and psychologists must find the subject fascinating, apart from the tragedy of decent people destroying themselves.
17 November 2018

From the anonymous contact page

“When one finally gets housed in community housing with the help of an agency, is there an organization or organizations that can assist with household items and whitegoods?”

Editor: Most large charities offer purchase vouchers for furniture from their Op Shops. White goods are harder to obtain for free. Try to avoid getting a loan to buy the stuff. Free is much nicer.
17 November 2018

Foodbank, food staples that are unhealthy and making us sick...
from the Night Talker

“I think most people would have heard about Foodbank and what it does. Recently, Foodbank in SA was threatened with losing more than half its funding (this was however reversed today).

“What less people know about, is the staples (the main food products that Foodbank, supplies to charities. These staples include, White, rice, white pasta and White bread. Great you say. Well, actually, not so great.

“To anyone with a half decent understanding of nutritional science are all food products, that should be limited in anyone's diet. Primarily because these are highly processed foods which are high is starch, salt, sugar and simple carbohydrates (as opposed to complex carbohydrates, fibre, minerals and vitamins. (White or Durum wheat pasta is especially bad for us as is White Rice) as it is highly processed, lacks fibre and actually causes our blood sugars to spike (e.g. is a high Glycaemic Index Food) People who eat large quantities of these foods, gain weight, are often nutritionally deficient in other areas, and at risk of developing Diabetes.

“It is a well-known mantra that one of the healthiest changes you can make to your diet is to change white to brown (white rice to brown rice, white bread to brown bread, white pasta to wholemeal or Spelt pasta) and red meats to vegetable based proteins (e.g. lentils) and red meats to white meats and or oily fish. (Which contains essential fatty acids and Omega 3 oils).

"So, although I am not knocking Foodbank as a valuable service to those in need, I am critical of the service this organisation is actually providing. Providing food to needy persons is one thing, providing the same food that is going to make a lot of people eating it unhealthy, is something else altogether.

“It is alleged that Foodbank gets around $800,000 dollars a year from the Federal Government. Well perhaps it is time, that some of that money is spent on working out a more nutritionally appropriate way to assist persons in need. (e.g. employing a Nutritionist or two) Feeding Jam and Vegemite sandwiches to schoolkids (on processed white bread) and endless bowls of pasta to anyone that attends a free food meal venue, is not good enough. (This is the main meal I see at virtually every food charity that is supplied by Foodbank) Asides from being unhealthy it is generally not that tasty and soon becomes extremely monotonous.

“I cook tastier meals from items I have gathered from bins. So Foodbank, I am glad you kept your funding, but now that you have, lift your game and come up with some healthier alternatives.”

The Night Talker.
17 November 2018

From the anonymous contact page

From the anonymous contact page

Re: clothing collection

Disappearing charity donations in Adelaide / Norm Barber
Barber, Norm
media Name Book/pamphlet | Earth Friend Press | 1991
Available at S Australiana Books (361.7 B234) plus 1 more
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Anonymous
17 November 2018

What is the go with the SA Anti-Poverty Network?
from the Night Talker

“I am a pretty level headed person and try to see viewpoints from both sides of the fence (where and whenever possible) I however have some trouble trying to work out, what the SA Branch of the Anti-Poverty Network is about, and what is their main focus.

“I visited both their main home page and their face book page, and apart from some short blogs/comments, I can't really get any sense that much is happening at all?

“I am all for discussion (discussion is what makes the world go around and people sit up and take notice) but there has got to be more, than just discussion?

“What happens between meetings or for those persons who need urgent or ongoing practical assistance? (e.g. food, fuel cards/ grocery vouchers, free meals, showers, clothing, etc etc) Not much good talking to someone about the next meeting, if they are cold, hungry, miserable and or all of the above?

“Even if you hold meetings, all you are going to get is people turning up for a free feed or to get out of the cold and or heat for a while. (Not that that, in itself is a bad thing) it should not be the only reason that people attend your meetings?

“I would have thought that being an organisation that has an active anti-poverty stance (as your name suggests) you would be actively working on practical, anti-poverty initiatives. This makes more sense than endless meetings in the hope that the Government is going to raise the newstart allowance by $50.00 a week (guess what, even if they did that, people would still be poor!).

“I am not suggesting that I have all the answers (as clearly I do not) but I do believe that practical assistance needs to go hand in hand with any kind of political rhetoric. Political rhetoric doesn't feed people, or pay any bills, or get issues with Centrelink addressed.

“Practical advice and support does. I would love to hear a reply from someone associated with the SA anti-poverty network. So please reply to me and the readers on this site and tell us what you do and how you can be of benefit?

“We are all struggling together. Is it not time that we all support and network each other, rather than sit in separate little enclaves. The information I have gathered and continue to gather, is free to all or anyone who needs it.

“Maybe it’s time your organisation, thought in a similar manner? If you read my previous contributions on this site, you will see, where I am coming from. If you have valuable information to share, that may be of assistance, then share it. Do not simply keep it to yourself.”

The Night Talker
16 November 2018

From the anonymous contact page

RE: Second Bite starving Gospel City Church

“Not sure I believe this...... BUT if the H&S chick gets her husband into second byte then they may as well change their name to H&S as they are the mob that will get everything. Good by food help for anyone else.”

Name and email supplied
16 November 2018

They lie; you lie: the Salvo game

Four people approached the front counter of the Salvation Army building, adjacent to the Arndale shopping centre.

Three were in their forties and one nearly seventy. The employee told the oldest person they no longer gave away bags of food. She aimed him for the free food room where eight loaves of repackaged white bread lay on a table.

The other three applicants, including two druggies, went into another room and emerged with double bags of groceries and vegetables.

The difference was that they were hooked up as regular clients so could be claimed on annual claims for government funding. The other was not. Need was not relevant.

And this is the sickness within the emergency welfare assistance industry. Less assertive and more knocked down people miss out while priority is given to professional beggars and drug addicts who live more affluent lives.

Salvation Army Kilkenny
14 Arndale Street, Kilkenny (near Arndale shopping centre).
ph (08) 8445 2044. Monday to Friday 9:00am to 12:30pm then 1:15 pm to 3:00pm. Free fruit, vegetables and bread. No I.D. Or registration required. but if you want better stuff then they require an interview.
16 November 2018

How Mrs Hammond saved
Colin Ackerman’s house

Colin lived with Jose and their two uncontrollable children at 21 Inverway Street, Ferryden Park. It was a semi-detached three-bedroom unit with a huge back yard.

Mrs Hammond was the tenant in the other half of the building. She was the busybody who knew everyones’ business.

She was furious when the Housing Trust built a porch and renovated the bathroom and kitchen on Colin’s side of the building.

Yet it was Mrs Hammond who got the Trust to improve Colin’s house. The government was knocking down the neighbourhood for redevelopment, but because she’d bought her unit from them, they couldn’t knock down Colin’s half. So to keep his dwelling on par with the new redevelopment, they renovated it.

Sadly, Colin later killed himself. He was tormented by self-doubt and said that once he’d been put on an anti-psychotic drug, “All spirituality ended”.

And when Mrs Hammond died, both sides of the house were destroyed and replaced with a few of those “no back yard” specials.

16 November 2018

(above) This New South Wales based church is running a clothing collection campaign in Adelaide. It isn't quite clear who actually gets the clothing or where they are based.

(above) Church 4 Life seeks donated clothing in Adelaide, then sells it in Africa. It isn't clear what they do with the profits, if any.

Church 4 Life donation clothing

An Australian-African Christian church put leaflets in mail boxes late last month? The church asked for old clothing. Fair enough, but who are they?

There was a mobile phone number on the leaflet. When phoned, a woman explained they were a “Newcastle based company. We just distribute the flyers here and collect unwanted clothes and shoes and everything.

“We don’t sell anything in Australia…Church 4 Life is a charity organisation…very poor clothing goes to landfill [and the rest] goes to poor countries where it’s needed most.”
She said they have an office in Salisbury, but didn’t give the address. She asked if I wanted to drop the clothing off at the office. “Yes,” I said, whereupon she responded with, “All the time the office is not opened. It’s not open and accessible to the public at the moment.”

Church 4 Life have two locations in Newcastle, New South Wales and operate a free lunch once a week on Wednesdays at 32 Sixth Street, Booleroo.

14 November 2018

The Food Barn

The man at Fred’s Van Elizabeth who broke and then set his finger was at the Food Barn.

The skin in the crook of his left elbow was split, revealing a section of raw flesh. It was 1cm by 4cm and looked as if it needed stitches.

He spoke coherently like a movie actor portraying a shell-shocked World War 1 soldier in a trench.

Two men nearby had large red sores on their backs and legs. A woman at the end of the table was red in the faced and laughing strangely.

The druggies table was empty. Nor were there many patrons, some having gone to the free Friday Salvation Army BBQ in Kinkaid Road, Elizabeth East.

Salvation Army Elizabeth East
39 Kinkaid Road, Elizabeth East. ph 8252 7196
Fridays 11:00am to 12:30pm. Free. Decent toilets.
Barbecued sausages, onions, vegetables, sauce, homemade soup and bottled water.
No I.D. or registration required.
Free vegetables and bread from 9:30am to 10:00am. Quite good. No coffee.
Free fruit and vegetables available intermittently in Op Shop. No I.D. needed.
Better bags of groceries and gift cards require interview via appointment with current I.D. not necessarily a Centrelink Card. No appointment needed on Fridays.
Anglicare Mission Lunch and Breakfast

91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
Monday to Friday. Free morning tea 10:30am-11:30am. Free lunch 11:30am-12:30pm.
No dessert, No takeaways. Strange salt and peppershakers.
Breakfast 9:00am to 10:00am Monday to Wednesday
No I.D. or registration required. Free tampons from machine.
Security guard in car park and in dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in.
14 November 2018

(above) An observer says Oz Harvest workers were seen picking up bakery goods from Baker's Delight in St Clair, then putting them into private cars. The observer gained access to the Oz Harvest warehouse and discovered the organisation doesn't stockpile food like Food Bank. This means Oz Harvest food is less stale than Food Bank, which is losing half its government funding.

Anglicare demotes employees

from the Night Talker

“Anglicare workers may well become clients, if Anglicare gets their way....

“On ABC radio earlier this week, it was stated that up to 48 currently employed Anglicare employees in the disability and mental health field, have effectively lost their jobs. They allegedly have until Friday to accept new roles that pay up to $300.00 a week less.

“Anglicare states they can no long afford to continue to subsidise these employees and the only alternative is to employ them at a substantially lower rate. This is allegedly because the NDIS does not provide enough funding to cover the cost of qualified staff.

“Funnily enough, Anglicare did/does not appear to have any funding issues when they purchased seven brand new Camry Hybrid sedans, late last year. Nor do they appear to have any problems funding the yearly wage of their current SA CEO, which is believed to be in excess of $300,000 a year.

“One has to also ask, how much it costs Anglicare to fund the plethora of volunteers that provide the majority of services at Anglicare Elizabeth and other sites throughout South Australia. (Not much I imagine, considering that volunteers draw no wage) and let us not forget that as a registered Charity, Anglicare pays NO tax. (That's right folks, absolutely nothing!)

“So why the sudden funding crisis? One cannot tell me that providing one main meal a day, (as cooked by volunteers, using donated foodbank food and running a (reasonably meagre food barn) is sending this agency broke? (Pull the other one, it plays jingle bells!)

“Perhaps it has something more to do with senior executive wages, and the massive Taj mahal of a head office in North Adelaide, that requires copious amounts of money to keep it open. I think this is a more plausible reason for the sudden fiscal meanness than anglicare is showing towards it staff.

“If this devolution of job roles goes ahead, Anglicare staff who remain, may well have to ask for emergency financial assistance themselves, as a loss of up to $300.00 dollars a week of disposable income, will hit most average income earne rs hard. Especially at this time of year (Christmas and new year)

“Personally, I find this behaviour reprehensible and I hope that staff leave this organisation and find more suitable employment. However at the end of the day, it will be the clients who will end up suffering the most.”

The Night Talker.
14 November 2018

Centrelink’s Robo Letters

From the anonymous contact page

“Dear Homeless

Could Ya please inform us about

ROBOLETTERS ?

Are ROBOLETTERS meant to intimidate frighten and terrorise us.

And for what purpose ?

Perhaps to have us vacate our homeless public housing and return to rough sleeping ?

Perhaps to enforce in us a sense of SOCIALIST superiority over us as Underclass lower caste untouchables ?

Or perhaps just to sadistically BUGGER the hell into us, so we suffer as much as possible and eventually are ejected and rejected from the government / socialist handout lists?

What gives ?

What is their game plan Ya think by serving out all these ROBOLETTERS ?

Thanks for any accurate hint as to what all these ROBOLETTERS are good for or meant for.”

14 November 2018

The Elizabeth manhole burglar

It was the fourth time the 74-year-old woman had been broken into. The burglar came through the roof tiles then stole money and cartons of sugar-free drinks. The old girl remained asleep.

Previously, burglars had stolen her two mobility scooters. Her four-wheel machine was never recovered, but the three-wheel was recovered at Munno Para where someone was riding it around a roundabout. The machine was ruined.

Police and welfare authorities have promised to beef up her security including reinforcing her manhole cover making it more difficult for the burglar on his next attempt.

Meanwhile, another old girl in an Anglicare retirement unit was having a shower. She looked up and noticed her white ceiling had become stained. She got dressed and went outside and saw that four heavy ceramic tiles and too cemented capstones had been removed from her roof. Was it the wind or the Elizabeth Manhole burglar?

13 November 2018

(above) An elderly tenant of this Anglicare retirement unit in Elizabeth discovered that four tiles and two capstones had been removed from her roof. Was it the wind or had the Elizabeth Manhole Burglar struck again?

Second Bite starving
Gospel City Church

There was outrage about the reduced amounts of free food supplied by Second Bite to Gospel City Church. One church member talked about visiting Second Bite to complain.

However, another person said that “you can’t just go and complain. It’s for free. If you complain they’ll cut us off.”

Meanwhile, rumour from another soup kitchen is that Eman Rahim’s new husband will be manager of the Second Bite building within the Coles Warehouse at Edinburgh. This would mean that Heart and Soul could access supplies from there. So the rumour goes.

13 November 2018

Busker wants action

“The problem with this country is that the federal and state governments are too soft on crime. If they’re not going to be tough on crime, then why have the laws. It’s just a waste of time.”

Celebrity Can Collector
Busker at Adelaide Railway Station
13 November 2018

Moving from shed to Housing Trust

“I wake up in the morning and use a real toilet, have a real shower. It’s heaven, mate. Beats living in that shed.”

Fearless Phil, Edwardstown
13 November 2018

Daniel the Chef
leaves the Food Barn

Daniel, 39, has quit his job at the Elizabeth Anglicare complex. He left Friday. Kevin and his missus bought him a huge chocolate cake.

Daniel didn’t want to leave, but his job had been reduced to half-time. “I’ve got a family to support,” he said to diners at the front table.

His job was divided been the Food Barn and the Way Café, but the café has been going bust and will be shutting its doors at the end of December.

Daniel has found a new position with Southern Cross Care in Port Adelaide. He lives near Kent Town.

He hopes to return to the Food Barn when the job goes back to being full-time. He said he likes the people; he likes the job and says he tries to make it fun for everyone. The mood at the Food Barn is usually superior to similar venues.

12 November 2018

Oz Harvest

Oz Harvest employees were seen collecting baked cooks from Baker’s Delight at St. Clair shopping centre. They were using private vehicles rather than one of the huge yellow and black Oz Harvest vans.

12 November 2018

Major June Purdy

A source within the Salvation Army said that soldiers were annoyed when Major Purdy tried to extract extra donations from them beyond their weekly tithing.

Without providing proof or corroboration, the source says she is also rude, a thief, bossy and tells lies. The source says she’s going to France for a holiday.

The source says the officers don’t allow soldiers to do anything unless the latter are part of a clique. The source says many soldiers are “well and truly cheesed off”.

What goes on in the Salvation Army would provide an excellent basis for a comedy musical.

12 November 2018

Nanna’s Free Food Basket

Mr Plate has heart disease and he required his heart spray recently after working too hard at Nanna’s, who is his wife.
One observer said he’s got too much on his plate.

12 November 2018

(above) Suicide Prevention bags recently given away at a free underclass meal. Anyone in the homeless scene will be constantly asked if they're intending on self-harming, or have had the thought pass through their mind. Being asked this continuously is like being assaulted.

(above) Free vegetable shelves outside the Anglicare office at 60 Fairfield Road, Elizabeth Grove. Anyone can add or take items from the shelves 24 hours a day.

Discontent increases in food queue

An older man expresses increased bitterness each week about the reduced food available at Playford Salvation Army in Elizabeth East.

He says the amounts available are decreasing and that “a Nazi barks at you for taking too much”.

He recently asked for a white ticket allowing a special bag of food or a supermarket gift card, but was told he had to go through the stale food queue first.

He says there is insufficient food for the amount of customers.

He was previously on the disability pension (DSP), but gave it up in an attempt to return to the workforce. This failed so he tried to return to DSP, but discovered he could get only the much lower single payment NewStart for himself, and nothing for his Chinese wife.

It was suggested to him that the answer is going to ten free food venues each week and taking only the non-rotten food. He turned away while saying he was so tired, but he was actually dispirited and bitter.

Salvation Army Elizabeth East
39 Kinkaid Road, Elizabeth East. ph 8252 7196
Fridays 11:00am to 12:30pm. Free. Decent toilets.
Barbecued sausages, onions, vegetables, sauce, homemade soup and bottled water.
No I.D. or registration required.
Free vegetables and bread from 9:30am to 10:00am. Quite good. No coffee.
Free fruit and vegetables available intermittently in Op Shop. No I.D. needed.
Better bags of groceries and gift cards require interview via appointment with current I.D. not necessarily a Centrelink Card. No appointment needed on Fridays.
10 November 2018

(above) Head Space offers free food to people 12-25 and who are clients of this Catholic operated psychiatric service in Port Adelaide.

Celebrity Can Collector unhappy with the government child sexual abuse apology

“After sorry, you get underpaid. You have active conspiracy committed against you and you get treated like a peasant.”
This is what the Celebrity Can Collector said from his Adelaide railway station busking pitch last week.

He is annoyed with journalist Tory Shepherd, saying she wrote about the abuse of children in government and church institutions, but when he contacted her, “She wanted nothing to do with me.”

The Can Collector says the compensation given to him by the government was not enough. He’s spent $800 getting a psychologist’s report and says the new federal government application for compensation is 43 pages.

The Can Collector has a good opinion of Rachel Sanderson. We’ve both seen her over the past few years at numerous homeless-style soup kitchens. She listened to us and didn’t lie as much as other politicians.

The Celebrity was a child resident of the Wyndana/Glandore Children’s’ Home along with the Regretful Can Collector and Bluey where some boys woke up with grey-haired male employees in their beds.

Victims can obtain copies of the National Redress Scheme application forms by phoning 1800 737 737.

10 November 2018

(above) A card pouch that sticks to a phone given away by the HepatitisSA lady at the Anglicare anti-poverty week event at the Food Barn in Elizabeth. She said the idea of druggies near the Hutt Street Centre jabbing each other with bloody syringes was a fantasy.

How to annoy a welfare bureaucrat

If you want to annoy a welfare bureaucrat, ask what services her so-called non-profit government-funded organisation offers.

She will reply with weasel-words that could mean anything. Ask what her words “actually mean” then watch how she pulls her clothing higher over her breasts then looks around for help as if you’re a sexual offender.

These bureaucrats are torn between wanting to be frank and open, but needing to be cagey to protect their jobs. They’re victims, too, living and working a big lie that reduces our dignity in the name of increasing our dignity.

But be careful when you ask questions. If the bureaucrat becomes agitated, she will enter a file note under your name, reading, “client became aggressive”.

10 November 2018

Bruno

“Haven’t seen Bruno for years, slobbering across the road like a beached whale.

"I’ve seen him locked up in Port Adelaide, bludging money off people, police put him in a dog box,” said the Celebrity Can Collector last week.

However, Bruno is back in Semaphore. He’s regained his massive weight.

10 November 2018

Weaponised electric heater

A mixed-race indigenous man said he was reduced to eating at Fred’s Van Elizabeth because he’d let visitors use his tiny electric heater over winter. His power bill was $1000.

“They had a baby so what could I do?” he said.
10 November 2018

(above) The Anglicare Food Barn in Elizabeth regularly serves free fresh organic slices from the All Natural Bakery in Pooraka, South Australia. The product is fresh and not from Food Bank or Second Bite.

Man and woman living in fear

The woman married to the man blinded in one eye by two druggies living next door continue to live in fear.
The druggie couple were put in the AngliPrison in Dale Street, Port Adelaide, but have escaped, according to the blinded man’s wife.

The wife and blinded man live in fear as they have no extra security for their Housing Trust unit or police protection. They cannot sleep at night.

9 November 2018

Kerrie hauled away in ambulance

Kerrie from Hindmarsh Hostel was taken by ambulance from The Port Church social meal the Wednesday before last.
Kerry was sanguine through the whole business in the same way she is to life. But underneath, she is ultra-sensitive and takes things hard.

Kerrie is also a patron of St Bede’s in Semaphore where her presence is appreciated.

9 November 2018

Food bank food and expiry dates

from the Night Talker

“As a seasoned bin-diver (I have now been bin diving for more than three years) I know that most food products, are put into bins by supermarket staff, before their expiry date or just approaching expiry.

“So even if this is the case, Foodbank should not be handing out food that is three to six months (or sometimes more) out of date. The best by date allows a short window of time (in most cases) but up to six months is actually putting people’s health and safety at risk.

“On top of this, making charities and individuals pay for produce that is well past its expiry date, is morally wrong. As I keep banging on, bypass these corrupt entities and go straight to the source.

“I went bin diving last night and EVERYTHING I reclaimed out the bin was IN DATE. (Some items were even cooked that afternoon and still hot, when I got to them).

“Nobody was around and there was MORE than enough for anyone that needed food (I only take what I need and leave the rest for others that might come after me) I got two whole roasted chickens (hot) a bag full of savoury and sweet buns/pastries. A couple of excellent red bell peppers, a handful of cherry tomatoes (still in packaging and good quality.) A full unopened bottle of dishwashing liquid. A three litre bottle of Adelaide Hills, Full cream milk (in date) a bag full of ham offcuts (pet meat) and a packet of bratwurst (pet meat).

“So the night was good and very productive. Like I said, bypass the corrupt food banks and go straight to the source. You will be better off and NOT disappointed!

“Good Luck.”

The Night Talker.
9 November 2018

(above) Coles in Adelaide, South Australia donates packaged food to Second Bite who transfer it to various churches and charities.

(above) Why is food donated from Australia's supermarkets so old by the time it reaches the underclass. Supermarkets routinely get rid of products long before they reach the Best Before date. Is there a conspiracy against the underclass?

Barbecues back at Playford Salvos

The popular barbecues have replaced the winter soups on Fridays at Elizabeth East Salvation Army.

Patrons prefer standing outside rather than sitting in the morbid waiting room where depressed and anxious people await interviews for bags of food, bed sheets and other stuff. Their gloom permeates the atmosphere.

Salvation Army Elizabeth East
39 Kinkaid Road, Elizabeth East. ph 8252 7196
Fridays 11:00am to 12:30pm. Free. Decent toilets.
Barbecued sausages, onions, vegetables, sauce, homemade soup and bottled water.
No I.D. or registration required.
Free vegetables and bread from 9:30am to 10:00am. Quite good. No coffee.
Free fruit and vegetables available intermittently in Op Shop. No I.D. needed.
Better bags of groceries and gift cards require interview via appointment with current I.D. not necessarily a Centrelink Card. No appointment needed on Fridays.
9 November 2018

St Paul’s closed on
Melbourne Cup day

Two men arrived to discover St Paul’s charity shop and free coffee service closed.

When one returned the following week, a church volunteer said they closed for the Melbourne Cup. “We thought there had been a gas leak or a murder,” the customer said.

“No such luck,” a male volunteer said.
St Paul’s Port Adelaide free coffee

1 Church Place, Port Adelaide (behind Farmer Joe’s)
9:30am to 2:00pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Free coffee and either good or horrible biscuits in the hall.

9 November 2018

New free lunch in Modbury

“Lifepoint Cares Modbury
Lifepoint Church
231 Milne Road, Modbury North. ph 8395 0888
Free Community Lunch
Thursdays 8th & 22nd November
Thursdays 6th & 20th December
11:30am - 1:30pm

"Complete a form on how we can help. Chat with a team member to access some fresh and long-life groceries.
No ID or Centrelink card required.”

8 November 2018

Homeless in city up five

The Adelaide Zero Project says that those living “rough” in the city area has risen from 148 to 153. This includes only those registered with the larger druggy joints so the real number is higher.

8 November 2018

Chat and Chew

Stephen was running behind time. The singing stopped. He was under pressure, but the mood in the kitchen remained harmonious and friendly.

Ross, Vince the Younger, Old Bill and Carmel set up the tables in the shrunken dining room. They put clean metal cutlery on the clean tables. They added a serviette to each clean glass.

Outside, near the plastic grass, Bernie tried to sell his brother’s $30 elastic belt. Lance didn’t like it. Nor did anyone else and Bernie couldn’t get rid of it for $10.

The dining room was less crowded than usual due to increased competition from Nanna’s Free Food Basket at Semaphore South and The Port Church at Largs North. The Chat and Chew venue is also too crowded so those with reduced mobility cannot easily move about. Children under 16 are prohibited.

The reason given is that the “social meal” is for “isolated” people and those with children are deemed not isolated. Others believe the reason is fear of child molesters among the clients, but UnitingSA employees say this is not true. Central office management is paranoid about insurance liabilities and funding risks.

Neeta was there along with The Cousin. They are both 67 and born two days apart. The Cousin lived in Ferryden Park, next door to suicide victim Colin Ackerman of the Schizophrenia Fellowship. Neeta was cast out as a child by her mother. She had a stroke that left her voice shrill, but in conversation it was The Cousin who dropped the clanger when he shouted “Nut Case”.

The beautiful rice and vegetable meal was served in giant black bowls. Stephen the Cook is sensitive to presentation. All the staff are that way. That’s what makes Chat and Chew a superior event.

However, patrons were concerned about the rice that had been billed as fried. Diners who couldn’t boil an egg became instant experts who analysed and criticised the rice for ten minutes. Dessert was crisp hot apples with reconstituted sultanas. Pitchers of cordial were brought to the tables by Ross.

Diners at our table talked about epilepsy, dementia and migraines. A man aged 49 and diagnosed with first stage dementia feared for his future. We said, “Don’t worry. You won’t know it’s happening once you go gaga.” A man with epilepsy from the Plymouth Brethren said minor seizures left him refreshed, but major seizures left him ruined.

As we left, Ross and Old Bill wiped the chairs and tables so that the next users would find them clean and fresh.

Chat and Chew (UnitingSA)
58 Dale Street, Port Adelaide. ph 8440 2220 (entry from back gate off K-Mart parking area).
4:00 pm to 6:00pm. Coffee at 4pm. Meal at 5pm.
(Every second Wednesday). Free. Much improved. New cook.
Main course, dessert, tea and coffee. No takeaways. No children.
Dates for 2018 are 21 November and 5 December.
8 November 2018

Elizabeth Food Barn

The elderly Christmas decorations on the free table near the Way Café entrance were snapped up.

Down the hall, past the horrible toilets, the Op Shop woman was somewhat hostile when The Cousin and another man asked if the clothing was for sale. She said it wasn’t and that we should get a voucher or have an interview, something like that. She is old school where enquiries are barely tolerated. In other words: beggars shouldn’t be questioners.

Clown Prince Wayne stationed himself in the Food Barn, subtly frowning at diners scraping food from their plates into the rubbish bin. Waste is anathema to this real leader of Anglicare Australia who tolerates Peter Sandeman with good grace.

The Clown Prince is the man to watch. The Food Barn serves multiple meals, not concurrently, but one after the other. The worse is served first at 11:30am when the desperadoes rush through the door. Usually better versions are served at 12:00 noon. Wayne knows if the second version will be superior, or not. He is the man to watch.

The coffee lady, Lynette is sister-in-law to Steve Knowlands, the popular financial advisor who hides out behind a dirty door next to the druggies’ table.

Anglicare Mission Lunch and Breakfast
91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
Monday to Friday. Free morning tea 10:30am-11:30am. Free lunch 11:30am-12:30pm.
No dessert, No takeaways. Strange salt and peppershakers.
Breakfast 9:00am to 10:00am Monday to Wednesday
No I.D. or registration required. Free tampons from machine.
Security guard in car park and in dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in.
8 November 2018

Opinions replace facts

Journalists in the mass media have adopted opinion writing over factual reports. Opinions are easy to change day by day while facts are more objective and less easy to manipulate. Writing opinions takes little energy while fact finding requires intensive effort.

8 November 2018

Dental Foundation locks out unaligned homeless

The National Dental Foundation of Australia has locked out homeless and other underclass people not linked into “a charity”.

Its spokesperson said that anyone wanting pro bono dental treatment must be receiving a “support program”. She mentioned financial counselling as a form of support, but would not give the names of charities that offered ‘support programs’.

This new policy means that homeless people who don’t drink alcohol or abuse illegal and legal drugs, and who refuse to sign up for a “support program”, will be denied free dental treatment by volunteering private dentists.

Meanwhile, druggies who have ruined their teeth from Ice, and have signed up for multiple “support programs”, will get this free top quality dental treatment.

However, the bottom line is that private dentists generously offering this free dental treatment is a minor miracle.

7 November 2018

(above) Catholic Care is contracted by the government to provide psychiatric services in Port Adelaide. They gave away pens at an Anglicare anti-poverty week event, but the strange shapes inside the pen were not conducive to smooth thinking.

Meat eaters raid another vegetarian barbecue

Meat eaters wanted a change of menu last week at the Plymouth Brethren’s Rapid Relief free barbecue at UnitingSA in Port Adelaide.

They grabbed the dozen non-meat hamburger patties leaving none for real vegetarians and vegans.

Diner numbers were down on previous barbecues. The Brethren didn’t bring coffee, salt or pepper. What’s the use of bringing two expensive barbecue and refrigerator trucks then leaving behind important, but inexpensive extras?

The Night Stalker acted perfectly normal, which cowed Lurch from mimicking the Stalker’s filthy invective. Bad Maria was there as distinct from Good Maria who was absent. Lance was there, but I forgot to ask him if he’d sold his belt. Minh from the Mekong was there. He got hit by a car and suffered a broken arm and shoulder injuries. The driver sped off. Minh didn’t bother with the police.

Small bags of fruit and bread were offered on the racks inside the front door of the Family Centre. There were uncharacteristically two trolleys of brand new woolen blankets. People could help themselves.

The UnitingSA toilets were kept locked. They’ve been commandeered by the dozen employees who now have three rooms of toilets in the small building, leaving none for the clients that often number forty at one time.

Rapid Relief Team (Plymouth Brethren)
Hosted by UnitingSA Port Adelaide (Back of 58 Dale Street, Port Adelaide)
11:00am to 1:30pm. Fresh hamburgers and water. Sometimes coffee. No I.D. required.
Last Tuesday of every second month. In December it is on the 19th.
7 November 2018

Anglicare discovers new way of avoiding being frank and open

An elderly tenant phoned Anglicare to ask why four units in her group of sixteen have been left vacant. She asked if an employee could visit the tenants and explain what is happening.

The employee wouldn’t agree to a meeting, but said the units were being kept empty for “maintenance issues”, but didn’t elaborate.

Previous lies justifying keeping the units empty were that tenants might decide to return or that no one wanted to rent the empty $142 week one-bedroom units.

The rent includes free unlimited water and grass cutting and attracts $61 rent assistance, leaving a net rent payment of $81 a week.

The remaining elderly tenants fear that druggies may squat in the empty units.

7 November 2018

The Opportunity Games

Peter from Semaphore SRF proudly wore his 1st place medal won at the Opportunity Games in Exeter last month.

David Hobbs also won medals and wore his Opportunity Games shirt to St. Bede’s drop-in-centre. Both men were pleased with their involvement.
7 November 2018

(above) A message from a unit in the Housing Trust complex in Park Terrace, Gilberton to the residents of Adelaide Clinic, a private residential psychiatric clinic for the rich next door.

Meat eaters raid vegetarian food at The Port Church

Vegetarians were served first at the churches Wednesday social meal. This prompted certain meat eaters to feign vegetarianism then grab the imitation meat patties. This resulted in real vegetarians missing out.

When the meat dishes were being served, these temporary vegetarians reverted to their carnivore nature. One of the meat eaters was a woman who stole cutlery from St Bede's Drop-in-Centre during a period when the bulging donation tin also went missing.

The Port Church
47 Carnarvon Terrace, Largs North. (Le Fevre Baptist Church Hall)
Wednesdays 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Dinner, used clothing, fresh fruit and vegetables
“Open to All & All for Free”. No I.D. or registration requirements.
Phone 0414 693 218 for more details. No Ice Dealers.
5 November 2018

New boss for Skylight

Paul Credlin of UnitingSA has won the role of Chief Executive Officer at Skylight.

Skylight originates from the Schizophrenia Fellowship formed by Irene Towler and others in the early 1980’s, and which originally occupied a rented room in Hutt Street, Adelaide.

The Schizophrenia Fellowship absorbed the Glenside Hospital based Manic Depression (Mood Disorder) Prevention group after its C.E.O., a Canadian-Indian (Indigenous) man was sacked on a harassment charge.

The combined group adopted the unfortunate name of the Mental Illness Foundation of South Australia (M.I.F.S.A.) before finally becoming Skylight.
5 November 2018

Volunteer guards against
noodle bandits

The Regency Park Rotary man delivered 30 boxes of two-minutes noodles last month to St Bede’s drop-in-centre at Semaphore. As he and two volunteers brought in the boxes from his car, another volunteer guarded the store room.

The guard initially stood in front of the open door then increased security by closing the door until the rest of the noodles were brought in from the car.

Another diner said this unnecessary paranoia was because, “They’re afraid of us.”

5 November 2018

Greg Pattinson’s hoarding problem

Greg is the C.E.O. of Food Bank SA. He said on ABC radio that Food Bank had a three-month reserve of supplies.
This might explain why much of their food is three-months past the Best-Before date. Do they keep their supplies sitting in that hot shed for three months before sending it out?

Greg should attend a course for people with hoarding issues. It might help both himself and us.
5 November 2018

Housing Trust at Park Terrace, Gilberton

“Am Elder Abuse Victim at HSA Elliott Lodge
GILBERTON

Discovered unlocked inner door upon arriving home.

Probable HSA Bugger Burglar here.

Please help protect.”

Editor: Sorry, no help coming. Forget the police. You must defend yourself despite that being illegal in South Australia.

5 November 2018

(above) Free African seasoning given away at a soup kitchen last week.

(above) Anglicare's free produce and plants shelves outside their office in Fairfield Road, Elizabeth Grove. It is left there at night for better privacy and easier access.

(above) One of the ideas behind the Sharing Cart outside the Anglicare offices in Fairfield Road, Elizabeth Grove, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

On the Street

A stocky sweating woman shouted from the counter at the Food Barn that one of the girls accused of burning the buildings in Munno Para West “learnt arson from their father, himself an arsonist.”

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An employee of UnitingSA said the aim of the organisation was to maintain hope in people who felt they had lost everything.

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That old Liamsans security guard no longer works at the Anglicare Food Barn in Elizabeth. A diner said he was transferred elsewhere after sitting on a female patron who had turned violent.

The old guard was well-liked and was no pushover. When I suggested he was too old, he punched me in the sternum.

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An older migrant man said he was number 78 in the food queue at the Friday Elizabeth East Salvo food queue. This wouldn’t be a bad position at City Salvos, but at Elizabeth Salvos it is terrible because they have much less food. The man used to arrive early and stand in the queue for an hour, but has recently been made to do “voluntary” work to collect unemployment payments. He still laughs about it though his wife does not.

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Peter Lyndon-James of Shalom House, a Perth drug rehabilitation establishment, said that Food Bank played a major role in their success.

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The Clued-up Drug Dealer is back in the vicinity of the Hutt Street Centre. It isn’t known if management will re-install him as their front-of-house laced dope dealer.

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The Housing Trust last week phoned a man in his fifties. They told him to get out of his unit as they were knocking it down.

At Fred’s Van, he told us he’d been there 19 years and had been a perfect tenant. He said the Trust had recently spent $6000 renovating the kitchen. He said he won’t move. “Let the cops come and get me,” he said.

“They’re going to make money out of you,” an Aboriginal man told him.

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The Skala bakery is supplying Nanna’s Free Food Basket with free bread. A volunteer said it is freshly baked and not old product.

See the Adelaide Homeless Journal ‘Free Food’ page for more details.

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George the Elder said that six Aboriginal women were threatening a small woman at Fred’s Van in the city. She left to preserve her health.

George said that when an “American Aboriginal” (Native Indian) arrived, the same women touched him and treated him like a saint.

George said he isn’t going to Fred’s Van at Gawler Place, Adelaide anymore because of the queue jumpers who arrive late then are served first.

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A visitor to a Supported Residential Facility was surprised to see a carton of Hungry Jacks half-price discount vouchers. He wasn’t getting any delivered to his mail box.
He made enquiries and discovered they didn’t deliver to people behind in their electricity bills. His bill has reached $5000.

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“It was ripping off roofs; it sounded like a monster,” an Aboriginal man said of a machine knocking down welfare housing near his place.

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Men should not comment on the health or happiness of children at soup kitchens. There is such a paranoia of child molesters that the appropriate behaviour is to treat them as invisible.

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The library workers at the surveillance-friendly Port Adelaide library have adapted well to their new environment. Rather than resembling librarians, they have developed that contemptuous glint commonly seen in security and prison guards.

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There was a fight at the Jasmine Restaurant free meal in Hindmarsh Square earlier this month. Either druggies or people expressing the bitterness of their life. Or a bully finding a victim. The police arrived.

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Bread supplies have improved at Adelaide free food venues, but the product is less fresh than before.

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A patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital woke up in a bed of blood. He felt sore in his lower intestines and believed he’d been raped.

He’d forgotten that he’d been brought in with internal bleeding so bad that he spent weeks in a coma.

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A bully volunteer at Nanna’s Free Food Basket is eating himself to death on the sugary food he gets as a reward for working without pay.

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A rumour being spread by defecting volunteers at Heart and Soul is that its accountant is being investigated for fraud. The investigation has nothing to do with Heart and Soul.

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An elderly man at a free soup kitchen in Elizabeth said he was four years into a seven year wait to see an ENT specialist doctor at the Lyell McEwin Hospital about an ear problem. But his sense of achievement was pierced when a woman told him that a friend had been on the waiting list for ten years.

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Heart and Soul volunteers are being charged $80 to become volunteers. This is cheap compared to some organisations.

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A public housing tenant wanting to get rid of his Arab neighbours pounded loud I.S.I.S. youtube videos through their shared wall. Soon they were pounding on the wall. Then they moved.

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The Salvation Army at Elizabeth East has given an elderly “volunteer” a hammer. His job is to smash up worthless donated items so they fit more economically in the industrial bins parked at the back of the Citadel.

The man is forced to do this work as part of the “mutual obligation” clause in his NewStart unemployment payments contract.

3 November 2018

George the Elder
at the shower truck

George the Elder, in his eighties, found himself having a shower in the One Voice shower truck outside the Salvation Army’s Adelaide Congress Hall in Pirie Street.

The problem was that he was still wearing his underwear. He asked himself: “Is this telling me something?”
3 November 2018

The Food Barn

The man who spat in the face of a 75-year-old diner has turned over a new leaf. He goes out of his way to help people. One diner said he’s always been like this.

He showed an old lady a secret wave she should perform if being “stalked” and he was in the vicinity.

Another diner at the next table said he’d been kicked out of Cash Converters when he became angry at their plan to sell an item he’d pawned and couldn’t redeem in time.

A woman in her seventies and pushing a walking frame left the dining room tired and in despair. She returned five minutes later wearing a bright smile after spotting an Anglicare worker delivering a tray of chocolate doughnuts.

Lunch on the Friday of Anti-poverty week was fried meat patties, sausages roasted in water (English-style), an excellent fresh salad (containing nothing rotten), a high quality potato salad, Coleslaw and an egg salad.

The tampon machine is not broken, but requires that Button A be pressed to activate the machine then Button B to make it pump out a packet of tampons.

Anglicare Mission Lunch and Breakfast
91-93 Elizabeth Way, Elizabeth
(near the shopping centre and police station)
Monday to Friday. Free morning tea 10:30am-11:30am. Free lunch 11:30am-12:30pm.
No dessert, No takeaways. Strange salt and peppershakers.
Breakfast 9:00am to 10:00am Monday to Wednesday
No I.D. or registration required. Free tampons from machine.
Security guard in car park and in dining room. Invalid Scooter plug-in.
3 November 2018

James Williams gone

From the anonymous contact page

“James Williams has passed away. Hutt Street doing his memorial service in the Parklands shortly. Dedicated volunteer at Moore st. Will be missed.”

Il Ho
2 November 2018

George the Elder doesn’t believe
in giant chickens

George doesn’t believe the huge chicken steak he was served at a soup kitchen came from a giant chicken.

He says the chickens are hammered together using chicken glue creating the illusion the steaks are from giant chickens.

2 November 2018

The Salvation Army in Elizabeth

From the anonymous contact page

“Playford Salvos - We are here to help you.

“I keep hearing people complain about agencies asking too many questions just for you to access food assistance. So I thought I’d share some knowledge with you all.

“What can you get at a Playford’s Salvos without having to answer any questions?

* You can access our weekly produce market. 9.30am every Friday (except pub holidays). No need to show ID, but we do ask that you get help as a family / household and not several people from the same house. We also as that you please bring a bag.

* You can obtain a “Client Pays” Foodbank Food Hub Voucher. These use your own money but allow you entry to shop at the foodhub several times over the life of the voucher. You can ask for these at reception. You will need ID for this but no interview is necessary.

* Food in our foyer on a Tuesday- We receive a donation of mainly fruit and veg plus some bakery items on a Tuesday morning. You can walk in and grab a few items with no questions asked. Please only take what you need and allow us to share with others.

All other assistance requires an interview. Why?

1) We are government funded. They ask us who we have helped (in general terms) and we must be able to answer this.

2) Our auditors like to be able to see that we have helped others and not just hidden the money away for ourselves. This is why we ask you to fill out and sign a form showing what you have received.

3) If we don’t talk to you about what is happening, how can we best help you to get back on your feet? How can we lobby for change? How can we advocate for better systems if we have no evidence to back it up? These are just a few reasons why we ask you questions.

“We are always open to feedback. If you feel we have done something great, please tell us. If you have a suggestion for something to be done better or differently or new, again please tell us. If you are unhappy about something we have done, please tell us.
No we don’t ‘like’ bad feedback, but we do need to hear it or nothing will change.

“Hoping this helps in some way to understand how you can come to us and get the help you need.”

Sharyn from the Salvation Army

Full name and email contact supplied
2 November 2018

Message from a Salvo client

From the anonymous contact page

“Dear precious playford salvo,

“You may need to stop being so worried about people getting things ‘so wrong’ and think more about why they have it so wrong.

“Maybe it is because of the impression people get when they walk in those (dirty) front doors. Maybe what people see isn’t what you want them to see, but yet that IS what they see / hear / feel.

“Maybe instead of being so upset you should be more worried about looking inside your church and fixing the impression that is given to us outside.

“As for the minister being available to chat with, I am yet to find a time where he is there and not grumpy. So no I don’t plan on talking to him and I am not surprised if others don’t want to either.”

Sincerely,
The people you are here to serve.

First name supplied
2 November 2018

Is data privacy being upheld
at Heart and Soul?

From the anonymous contact page

Comment
“Re Heart & Soul data collection.

“I hope they are abiding by privacy regulation!

“Notice how when you go somewhere like Salvos or doctors (where they keep data on you) they have a lovely document for you to read telling you what they do with your info? Seriously the Salvo one is super annoying but - that’s because legally they have to tell you if they share your info with anyone else.

“Hope those H&S chicks are doing their job properly otherwise they can be in big trouble for breaching your privacy.

“We might be beggars, but we still have a right to privacy and to know who our information gets given to. Even if it goes to the govt they can’t do that without first letting you know that will / might happen.”

SS
2 November 2018

In response to "Parent's Next"

from The Night Talker

“I am sorry to hear about the issues you have written about and hope that the matter has been sorted. I am assuming that you were breached by your Parent Next Provider, whom I am assuming is a job network agency?

“If this were to ever happen again, you have the right to appeal any breach and also request the services of a qualified social worker (either through your job network provider or centrelink) You can also phone Crisis Care (4pm-8am) 7 days a week, on 131611 and request assistance with purchasing nappies or other requirements for your infant. Birthline (08-84318196) and Genesis Pregnancy Support (08-83524044) can also provide material support as can most charities (e.g. Anglicare, Centacare, Uniting Care Wesley etc).“Just be mindful to request the services of a qualified social worker otherwise the chances are, that you will end up with an untrained worker.

“Finally, don't ever purchase nappies or other products from a chemist (unless it is somewhere like a Chemist Warehouse and you know them to be cheaper than the supermarkets).“The vast majority of (independent chemists) put up their prices of items within their pharmacies by at least 20% above what you will pay in a supermarket.

“From clients I have spoken with, the cheapest supermarket to buy (disposable) nappies from at the moment is Aldi's. Even cheaper is buying a packet of 25 cloth nappies (Swan-skins) Also try not to purchase pre-made baby food. It is incredibly expensive and nowhere near as healthy as making your own.

“Just a quick one as well. Places like the Salvation Army can provide you with a $50.00 supermarket card/voucher, in times of genuine need and also give away food on certain days. (The Elizabeth Vale Salvation Army does this on a Friday as does Salt Church during the week) Check out the free food and welfare assistance guide on this site. It will tell you where you need to go.

“I hope this information assists you.

2 November 2018

(above) A Housing Trust semi-detached house scheduled for demolition in Elizabeth, a suburb of Adelaide. When the government announces a "housing renewal project", it disguises the fact that the number of replacement Housing Trust units will be less than those knocked down.

(above) Another semi-detached scheduled for demolition. If the land isn't sold, then the new units will have minimal ventilation, minimal grass, and no eaves to lessen the summer heat. This represents social devolution.

(above) After tenants are evicted, the Housing Trust waits for the windows to be smashed then covers the shattered glass with plywood or chipboard. This is not stupidity, but a choreographed plan to give multiple parties a "piece of the action". There is no fear the "homeless agencies" will voice an objection because they're paid to keep their mouths shut.

(above) "The glassies are there every week," said a Housing Trust tenant about the constantly smashed windows in the Elizabeth units. Burns for Blinds was contracted to install outdoor blinds, but the quality was so cheap and nasty that they began falling apart within months. These units originally housed English working class immigrants, but with a permanent 5% unemployment rate, they have become underclass housing.

Rosanne Haggerty’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool at the Hutt Street Centre
(sticky post)

The Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT) is being introduced at Adelaide’s Hutt Street Centre during what they call “Connections Week” from 14 to 18 May 2018.

Those seeking most services from the Hutt Street Centre will be required to answer intimate questions, the answers to which will be entered into an international data base.

The rational of applying this algorithm is that by identifying people requiring huge amounts of medical and police interventions, then by taking control of their lives, the government can save money.

This solid argument belies the injustice that occurs in its broad application where bureaucrats will put every person living outside, or in their cars, through this intimate interrogation, then share the details with all and sundry.

The manner of questioning will be through an electronic drip-feed with the client not seeing the complete list prior to agreeing to answer the questions. The mysterious owner of the algorithm says the sequence of asking the questions is vitally important. This is because the questions become increasingly intrusive and offensive as the client progresses through the list. Clients will not be given a copy of the completed answer list or be told who will have access to their most personal details.

While the clients will provide excruciating personal details of their lives, those collecting it will identify themselves in the diminutive form of their first names such as Ben, Liz or Trish. Any further enquiries will be met with a stern rebuke citing privacy issues.

The initial questions include a homeless person’s nickname, hospital attendances, instances of cooperation with or incarceration by the police, suicide or self-harm attempts, sexual prostitution, difficulty locating toilets, incidents of being kicked out of housing and why, and where doctors have refused medication.

The interrogator will also smell the clients, look for rotting flesh or puncture wounds, note whether their clothing is fashionable or mismatched, ask if the person drinks mouthwash, has been to a psychiatrist, considered suicide, was a slow learner at school or suffered “abuse”. All of which will be added to the secret file kept on the client.

These questions are reasonable in certain circumstances where a person has consciously approached a professional for treatment. However, the plan is to subject every homeless person to them, that is, treat every person living outside as if they have been sexually abused, use Ice and sell themselves as prostitutes.

Answering such questions may subjectively feel like emotional vivisection for those already wounded and fearful. For the interrogator, it will be a pornographic experience where the wound will be tweaked at dozens of subsequent interviews, like a knife twisted in a wound. For the homeless person, the tightening of the interviewer’s smile, a hardening of the voice, even a wink will feel like a punch in the solar plexus.

The reader may agree that the test is for the greater good and that this increased suffering by the homeless class is a small price to pay. While there won’t be any pain for those conducting the interrogation, those undergoing it will come out feeling disgusted with themselves and fearful of the consequences of providing such personal details to total strangers. And fearful they should be, as the concept of privacy and dignity has gone from our society.

The interrogators will also be mandatory reporters legally required to pass on to the police or psychiatric authorities certain answers given by the homeless person.

For housing purposes, each positive answer to a question gets 1 point. Anyone scoring 3 or less is told to leave; 4-7 progresses the client to another series of questions to assess them for “rapid re-housing”. However, scoring over 8 points wins the dubious prize of “supported housing”, which means having their personal life monitored and controlled and may include compulsory medication.

The drip-feed method of asking questions is designed to immerse the homeless person in the interrogation process, making it harder to withdraw for fear of incurring the displeasure of the interviewer and the sickening feeling of having given sensitive information to a stranger who has suddenly adopted a hostile countenance.

Aggressive street beggars use a similar technique with their initial ultra-friendly approach while asking for a dollar, which upon receipt of the coin progress to a threatening demeanour while subsequently demanding a larger amount.

The last question asked by the VI-SPDAT interrogator at a homeless joint such as the Hutt Street Centre is, “OK, now I’d like to take your picture so that it is easier to find you and confirm your identify in the future. May I do so?”

This artificial intelligence algorithm tool is a progression from the Social Inclusion Adelaide CBD homeless count initiated by Monsignor David Cappo and administered by bureaucrat David Waterford in 2007.

We in the homeless scene laughed at the absurdity of that inaccurate count, which continues to this day, but it was Cappo, Waterford and the government bureaucrats who had the last laugh. The count was camouflage to disguise personal data collection on those living outside. The pledge of anonymity was deceit as the provision of initials and partial birthdate were enough to identify the responder across multiple private and government data bases. In this exercise, Baptist and Catholic homeless charities ran with the wolves.

The Don Dunstan Foundation is the current sponsor of the VI-SPDAT algorithm tool. In a media release offering a briefing on the results of their data collection onslaught, they advertised that, “During Connections Week, dedicated workers and volunteers across Adelaide will get to know every person sleeping rough by name…”

This newer and more powerful personal data list created using this algorithm, along with photographs, will be handed over to a psychiatric services provider called Neami National, a Melbourne-based corporation posing as a non-profit organisation with 900 employees.

Neami is contracted to replace Adelaide’s Street-to-Home psychiatric service that conducted interviews with homeless people in busy cafes. Armed with the data base and photographs in their tablets, Neami employees will be able to search out and identify homeless people in the Adelaide CBD and surrounding parklands.

Where the Hutt Street Centre’s C.E.O., Ian Cox, comes into this is not clear. Ian has for decades championed the right of self-determination for his clients.

Yet David Pearson, the executive director of the Don Dunstan Foundation, said, “The Hutt Street Centre in Adelaide are going to help us run Connections Week where we go out and make a connection with every single person sleeping rough.”

Pearson added, “It starts with knowing every person sleeping rough in the city by name and creating what we call a ‘by name list’.”

This means that the Hutt Street Centre will deliver its clients to Neami, a private psychiatric corporation, which must give Ian Cox sleepless nights.

Sticky Post

For previous ten years of Adelaide Homeless Journal see the menu at top of this page

https://tinyurl.com/huttstreetcentrerobyn
The Hutt Street Centre and Kent Town Rotary are portraying Robyn as homeless for the purpose of collecting money. However, Robyn is not homeless. She has lived for years in a comfortable home in an exclusive suburb across the South Parklands and within walking distance of the Hutt Street Centre. Rotary may not know this, but the Hutt Street Centre does as Robyn has been going there for decades. This is a problem with homeless welfare where clients get drawn into an agency's propaganda unit. Robyn has had a tumultuous life and has adapted her tactics to meet those challenges and her endurance is a credit to the survival skills of humanity.

www.predatorsandfriends.weebly.com
The story of Sherri Robinson
and Tony DeKort

Work-for-the-dole crowd outside the Elizabeth Food Barn buildings
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.7150258,138.6721448,3a,90y,3.33h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srFNhD3h0UhuZo6k4rcAeIg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Lutheran Adelaide free stuff directory

https://www.lccare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-SA-ER-Directory_v2.pdf

Photograph of Ngongotaha Coward (Mark Arstall, 39) given freely to Mark Brake of the Adelaide Advertiser and published by the webmaster of the Hutt Street Centre on their webpage.

http://tinyurl.com/mileskemppuffpiece

The WestCare Letters (click here)

Remembering PJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPCiBYTnN4c

All posts since 2007 have been archived and can be accessed via the menu bar at the top of this page. This website has also been archived by numerous American Net sweepers.

The Decent Man

The Decent Man formerly from Kilburn breaks up a fight in the Royal Adelaide Hospital Emergency Department Waiting Room where he lived for two weeks. (see also 18 May 2016 post)
Video 1 https://youtu.be/79zVvg3HfWs
Video 2 https://youtu.be/VmCSZk13aBc

Archived page for​November 2018

Free Dentistry and Homeless-Friendly Doctors

Free Hairdressing in Adelaide

Elizabeth Fred’s Van on Sunday

St Paul’s drop-in-centre ​at Port Adelaide

Faith Works shifts to Blair Athol for one week only

On the mean streets of Adelaide

A child’s first drug dealer

Baptist WestCare near Whitmore Square

Employment Directions takes another wrong turn

The Salvation Army at war

Why does Anglicare keep retirement units empty?

Cheap or free furniture for people moving into new house

Working together ​at the Food Barn

Christmas hamper season ​nearly finished

More free food places

Free meal client numbers down says George the Elder

Why do druggies speak so differently?

Foodbank, food staples that are unhealthy and making us sick...from the Night Talker

What is the go with the SA Anti-Poverty Network?from the Night Talker