{"id":109511,"date":"2015-06-02T21:59:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T11:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=109511"},"modified":"2020-11-12T15:08:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T05:08:45","slug":"jp-magistrate-rules-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"JP Magistrate Rules With Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
JP Magistrate Lillian Gray has taken on the role to help parents get their children to school every day
(Photo: Marcus Priaulx)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 2, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marcus Priaulx<\/strong>
\nBarambah PaCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cherbourg Elder Aunty Lillian Gray believes nearly all children have the ability to succeed at anything they want to … and she\u2019s not afraid to tell them!<\/p>\n

A couple of youngsters visited her Cherbourg home last week when they should have been in school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy aren\u2019t you in school?\u201d she asked with a smile in her voice. \u201cYou don\u2019t even know what one-plus-one is. You need to be at school.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Lillian had humour in her voice she gets frustrated by parents who don\u2019t insist their children are in class when the first bell rings every day.<\/p>\n

The newly appointed JP Magistrate to Cherbourg\u2019s Community Court was a bright student herself but had to leave school in Year 7 to work as a domestic at Lotus Creek near Mackay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved school but I didn\u2019t mind the work because I knew I had to earn a wage so my family could survive,” she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren today have a different attitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re quick to blame they\u2019re ‘being bullied’ but I don\u2019t necessarily believe that. There\u2019s always an excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lillian is now doing her bit to ensure this attitude is addressed she sits in judgment at the town\u2019s Truancy Court.<\/p>\n

Police bring in parents to answer for their children\u2019s continued absence from school under a re-introduced Cherbourg bylaw.<\/p>\n

These monthly hearings are headed by three community Elders with who have a JP Magistrate qualification.<\/p>\n

The JP Magistrates decide what actions should be taken to ensure those fronting the court get their children to school every day.<\/p>\n

This can include having parents and carers do a Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) or seek counselling and help from other agencies and organisations.<\/p>\n

If the parents make no effort to help themselves, fines can be imposed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a tough gig for Lillian as friends and relatives have been placed in front of her. But at the end of the day they usually give their thanks \u201cbecause we explain things to them in a way they understand”.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it\u2019s just a magistrate passing judgement they can leave confused,\u201d Lillian said.<\/p>\n

This is also the case when Lillian sits as an Elder in the Murgon or Cherbourg Magistrates courts to advise sitting judges before they pass sentence on an offender.<\/p>\n

She tells judges how the community feels about a guilty party\u2019s actions and what type of person they usually are.<\/p>\n

Lillian always remains professional in her advice and the family and friends of the accused often hug or thank her after a ruling is handed down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what it\u2019s all about,\u201d Lillian said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day we need law and discipline, otherwise how would we all get on?<\/p>\n

\u201cSchool\u2019s the same. You have to take direction, you have to follow rules. Even in your own home you have rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy children all know that. Even though they\u2019re all grown they still know my rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Emma Stewart, from Barambah Youth Justice, confers with JP Magistrate Lillian Gray
(Photo: Marcus Priaulx)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cherbourg Elder Aunty Lillian Gray believes nearly all children have the ability to succeed at anything they want to … and she\u2019s not afraid to tell them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":109513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24,395],"tags":[1132,35],"yoast_head":"\nJP Magistrate Rules With Love - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JP Magistrate Rules With Love - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cherbourg Elder Aunty Lillian Gray believes nearly all children have the ability to succeed at anything they want to ... and she\u2019s not afraid to tell them!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-02T11:59:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-12T05:08:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150508lillian1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/\",\"name\":\"JP Magistrate Rules With Love - southburnett.com.au\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-02T11:59:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-12T05:08:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/\",\"name\":\"southburnett.com.au\",\"description\":\"Kingaroy and South Burnett News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\",\"name\":\"Anne Miller\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JP Magistrate Rules With Love - southburnett.com.au","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"JP Magistrate Rules With Love - southburnett.com.au","og_description":"Cherbourg Elder Aunty Lillian Gray believes nearly all children have the ability to succeed at anything they want to ... and she\u2019s not afraid to tell them!","og_url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/","og_site_name":"southburnett.com.au","article_published_time":"2015-06-02T11:59:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-12T05:08:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"620","height":"385","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150508lillian1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anne Miller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anne Miller","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/","name":"JP Magistrate Rules With Love - southburnett.com.au","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-06-02T11:59:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-12T05:08:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/02\/jp-magistrate-rules-with-love\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/","name":"southburnett.com.au","description":"Kingaroy and South Burnett News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae","name":"Anne Miller","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284915,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109511\/revisions\/284915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}