Picture an open playground, with no fencing or wall around it. No supervisors and no parents. No access controls. With random adults distributing suspicious candy at will. That is what childrens’ smartphones are.
A report by a review board investigating allegations against former St Andrew's College water polo coach David Mackenzie has painted a picture of how complaints were essentially swept under the rug with no sufficient safeguards put in place to ensure students were not subjected to inappropriate behaviour.
"We note that the findings have been based on untested evidence and we would like to be afforded an opportunity to study the report before commenting," the lawyer for former St Andrew's College water polo coach David Mackenzie's has said.
An independent review into the handling of allegations against former St Andrew's College water polo coach David Mackenzie has recommended that the school council be reconstituted.