{"id":29661,"date":"2017-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/oakden-whistleblower-drops-bombshell-on-fiveaa\/"},"modified":"2017-05-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T00:00:00","slug":"oakden-whistleblower-drops-bombshell-on-fiveaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/oakden-whistleblower-drops-bombshell-on-fiveaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakden whistleblower drops BOMBSHELL on FIVEAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Oakden whistleblower Stewart Johnston has told FIVEAA\u2019s Jade Robran that in the past three days he has had 40 new individuals approach him with more abuse allegations.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAs of this morning 40 parties have made contact with me via Facebook via media and other means,\u201d Stewart said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve even had a couple from interstate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/323165289&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>He said a \u201cdeep culture problem\u201d had been exposed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThese people have got so used to abusing these people under the radar that they thought they would get away with it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stewart said he had been contacted by a \u201csignificant\u201d number of current and former workers at Oakden and other facilities, as well as \u201ccurrent and previous families\u201d with loved ones at Oakden and other centres.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve been privy to give them the opportunity to have an ear probably for the first time in a long time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been valuable for them to share their stores. I am assisting them all for whatever they are coming to me for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He said the neglect of the elderly in care facilities was a \u201cnational disgrace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart\u2019s revelations follow reports of more problems at the troubled Oakden site in the last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/minister-can-t-rule-out-more-abuse-at-oakden\"><strong>Speaking on FIVEAA breakfast on Thursday, Minister for Mental Health Leesa Vlahos<\/strong><\/a> said she could not rule out more reports of abuse after two new incidents came to light in the last week.<\/p>\n<p>She said closure of the facility would \u201cexpedited\u201d &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/minister-can-t-rule-out-more-abuse-at-oakden\">listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/salt-creek-kidnapper-roman-heinze-has-been-sentenced\">THE SALT CREEK ATTACKER HAS BEEN SENTENCED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/adelaide-crow-signs-new-three-year-deal\"><strong>ADELAIDE CROW SIGNS NEW THREE-YEAR DEAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oakden whistleblower Stewart Johnston has told FIVEAA\u2019s Jade Robran that in the past three days he has had 40 new individuals approach him with more abuse allegations. \u201cAs of this morning 40 parties have made contact with me via Facebook via media and other means,\u201d Stewart said on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019ve even had a couple from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-29661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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