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September 4th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
AAP
Bruce and Denise Morcombe say they hope students will connect with their son Daniel’s story as they set off for a week-long “safety tour” of Queensland schools.
The parents of the teenager, who was allegedly abducted and murdered, set off from Brisbane to Cairns on Sunday as the Queensland government foreshadowed a new compulsory subject for Prep to Year 9 to teach students how to ward off predators.
The Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Program will be taught in honour of Daniel, and his parents will become paid child safety ambassadors to deliver the message, Premier Anna Bligh said.
Ms Bligh said the Daniel Morcombe Foundation would receive over two years a funding boost of $460,000, some of which will fund the new curriculum.
And she will lobby for every school in Australia to adopt the program as a lasting legacy for the Sunshine Coast teenager.
Ms Bligh said the program would be developed in consultation with the Morcombes and child welfare experts.
Mr Morcombe said it was important not to paint the world as a “dark place” in talks with children but Daniel’s story was a stark message young people would remember.
“Daniel’s very real story is something everybody understands, no matter people’s age,” he told reporters ahead of a trip marking Child Protection Week.
Mr Morcombe said he and his wife had seen “enormous change” in the past few weeks with charges laid over Daniel’s death, and the uncovering of his remains, but it had not occurred to them to cancel the trip.
“We’re not quitters – we’re going to make sure that we turn a very tragic event into something positive,” he said.
The Morcombes’ message will include that children always remove themselves from uncomfortable situations, that they bond with “trusted adults” to whom they can tell anything, and that they be wary in their use of computers and mobile phones.
Ms Bligh said many people had been touched by Daniel’s story, which gave the Morcombes’ message such power.
“Their courage inspires all of us, and their willingness to share their very painful experiences I think will make a real difference,” the premier told reporters as she farewelled the Morcombes.
“They’ve got a very healthy attitude to the world being a place where children can live and thrive as well as being able to talk very very personally about the dangers out there.”
Daniel was 13 when he disappeared from a Sunshine Coast bus stop in 2003.
A search at swampland at Beerwah, about 40 kilometres from where he vanished, has uncovered some of Daniel’s remains.
Brett Peter Cowan, 42, has been charged with his abduction and murder.
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