Amanda Duncan

Zoe Duncan’s little sister. S2E3 The Nurse podcast. 4Corners ‘Do No Harm’. LGH RN & Midwife

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

We welcomed an apology with the expectation genuine action, including transparency & accountability, would follow. It was our expectation the Commission of Inquiry would proceed unimpeeded. Last week our government stood in Parliament & complimented itself for implementing the CoI, but why did the government not first ensure the CoI Act could not be debated with the CoI, by its own state lawyers, prior to the Commissioners commencing the inquiry? An ‘oversight’ would be incompetence. Turning a ‘blind eye’ would be amoral, perhaps even corrupt. Whom was the Office of Solicitor General wanting to protect? Why do other states have a fair & just CoI Act, but not Tasmania?
It is my firm expectation our government is to leave this world better than they found it, including empowering victim-survivors & children. So far, I feel worse than what I did before the CoI was implemented (at no fault of the Commissioners).
Zoe’s truth laid bare, but to what avail? #politas @MegWebbTweets

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

People deserve dignity in life & in death, especially when accessing healthcare. Pulling ‘files’ off shelves at random to audit alleged criminal misconduct is not respecting human life. Human beings should never be reduced to being a “file’ or a ‘case’. #politas #auspol

[Nick Feik @NickFeik]

New investigation:
A whistleblower nurse’s allegations about falsified death certificates and deaths not sent to the coroner from Launceston hospital were just the tip of the iceberg. #politas

https://t.co/1NnUcBqSEW

[Nick Feik @NickFeik]

@7ampodcast have produced an episode on a macabre Tasmanian story that I’ve been working on, on falsified death certificates in northern hospitals #politas

https://t.co/2wNoaPrWCX

[The Australian @australian]

The nurse who uncovered years of serious failings at the Launceston General Hospital had a deeply personal reason to advocate for patients. Amanda Duncan’s sister had needed someone just like her. Read more: https://t.co/JRpOlTNfB1

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@RockliffTeam I applaud @bec_white for caring about women’s rights (and the rights of many others) & travelling to the US to help defend them.
Human rights > politics.
Some people are big picture people.

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

Mandatory reporters should be able to make mandatory notifications to police and be heard in the first instance, without delay.
#politas
@themercurycomau

[Adam Holmes @AdamHolmes010]

A total of 29 deaths at the Launceston General Hospital (mostly 2020 to 2022) will be referred to the coroner, as part of review into unreported deaths

Government to provide final report to Tasmania Police, Integrity Commission and AHPRA

#politas

https://t.co/o6Zz8Hz5NA

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@AzraBeach @jeremyrockliff Devastated listening to this, as I’m sure the majority of people also would be. I am so genuinely sorry.

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

Not only have you advocated for justice for yourself, you have advocated for thousands of children who are enduring current & former child sexual abuse.
Yesterday you made a mark in Tasmanian’s history.
I don’t always love our state the way bureaucrats describe it. Rather, I am proud of our state because those who have previously been forced into silence by institutions are increasingly refusing to remain oppressed by them.
More & more people are fighting against hierarchical institutions which have consistently, and consciously, chosen to protect all forms of perpetrators, right up until 2024.
Victim-Survivors - individually and collectively - are determined to forge change and ensure transparency, accountability & reform in every dark coroner of this state, for the rights & protection of current & future children. Horrifically, this is often a relentless & mentally exhausting feat. This must change and government must listen.
They say ‘not all heros wear capes’. Many VS carry very real & very raw scars which are imbedded into their hearts, minds & bodies from unimagionable abuse. Too often, I believe, these people are our unsung hero’s for their courage, vulnerability, strength & determination.
Thank you Katrina Munting.

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@AzraBeach A testament to you Az. He is an articulate & captivating young man & you are a beautiful Mum 🌸

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

"During the review of the initial 21 cases, it was observed that a former LGH staff member who was employed as a senior specialist medical practitioner completed or edited the MCCD on multiple occasions."

An additional 63 cases will be reviewed #politas https://t.co/D8RwnBRD1v

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@ambervwilson #politas

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

‘While publicly giving evidence before the commission, Dr Renshaw was chastised for showing an “astonishing lack of insight” after publicly proclaiming he didn’t believe a doctor-rape allegation by a late child patient, in front of the girl’s family’⁦ https://t.co/nADXVZ4znj

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@andrewprior1970 @swegen31 I came here to say this exact thing 😂

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

The former boss of Tasmania's second-largest hospital has had his medical practitioner registration suspended after an investigation was launched into allegations he falsified several death certificates.
#politas https://t.co/8uyf2NwMux

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

"There are six Tasmanian families who aren't having dinner with their loved ones tonight, they have gone years without knowing the truth about their loved one's death," #politas https://t.co/1rjEODPTkb

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

Whoever forms gov, please listen to the community & prioritise health, housing & ease the cost of living.
#politas

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@thirza_white Most sincere & humanised 🙌

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@RockliffTeam Says the party who used extra sitting days in Parli (created to only discuss the CoI) to ask its own party about ‘roads & transport’ to waste time/divert scrutiny. I’d sit back down if I were you & stop using rape survivors as a weapon against politicians who actually take action

[Amanda Duncan @_AmandaDuncan_]

@jackmdavenport Curious to know what magically happens after 8 years that the sex offender’s register deems a child sex offender no longer a risk to society…