Last night, I was asked by a guard to lodge a complaint about a new multi-function photocopier placed in the guards' station. According to the guard, the new machine is in fact not new. All other compounds got a real new machine but only this compound got one of the old machines from the other compound. This old machine does not have as many functions as the other new machines in other compounds so that the guards of this compound have to run to the other compounds to use their machines every time they need to do something. So the guards here came up with a good idea. 'Ask Villawood Survivor to write a complaint form! Then the centre management will quickly arrange a new machine.' ... Bloody hell. What are they thinking about? If I can get anything by filling in a complaint form, I would write a complaint about the lack of a visa!
I did not write a complaint form for the guards (of course!) but wrote one for me in relation to my roommate. She is a nice lady but I wanted her to relocate to another room. I wanted to make sure it happens today so, first thing in the morning, I got hold of the manager and asked. He said that he would look into it so that I should not worry. Gooooood. In the afternoon, I got back to be a sole occupant of my room. Phew.
When I went to Brisbane and back, I met a few mature age law students amongst my escorts. I gave them plenty of free lectures. Now I came back to Villawood, I am called by other detainees from time to time to teach them how to investigate the track record of their judge etc. Today I taught how to use Austlii (free legal database). If I do the same thing at uni, it pays me more than $180 an hour. May I send a bill to the Minister?