AUSTRALIA
Daily Mercury
Adam Davies 18th Feb 2014
A STUDENT protection officer has testified she was concerned about her colleague giving lollies to year seven girls but she had no idea what grooming was.
Catherine Leigh Long, who still works at the Toowoomba school at the centre of the 2007 child abuse scandal, told a Royal Commission on Monday she had been a teacher for 32-years and had worked at the school since 2003.
In a statement shown to the commission she outlined her role at the primary school which cannot be named.
“During my role as student protection contact, my name was displayed on posters in classrooms and other areas of the school,” she said.
“Students were reminded at assembly that I was the student protection contact and I was available if they needed to talk to me about problems or concerns.”
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