2017-08-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   8 AUGUST 2017




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         8 AUGUST 2017

                                               oppressive, or improperly discriminatory in the particular
                                               circumstances; or
                                           (d) Was taken —
                                              (i)     For an improper purpose; or
                                              (ii)    On irrelevant grounds; or
                                              (ili)   Having regard to irrelevant considerations; or
                                           (e) Was an action for which reasons should have been given,
                                               but were not given; or
                                           (f) Was based wholly or partly on a mistake of law or fact; or
                                            g) Was wrong.
      A substantial misuse of           The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 provides that a substantial
      public resources                  misuse of public resources is more than an alleged misuse based on
                                        mere disagreement over policy that may properly be adopted about
                                        amounts, purposes or priorities of expenditure.
      A substantial and specific        This includes any substantial and specific danger to the health and
      danger to public health or        safety of the public. This includes the health or safety of individuals
      safety                            who are:
                                           e   Under lawful care or control (i.e. students, patients,
                                               prisoners);
                                           e   Using community facilities;
                                           e   Public or private sector services; or
                                           e   In aworkplace.
      A substantial and specific        (1) A disability is a person’s condition that —
      danger to the health and             (a) Is attributable to —
      safety of a person witha                 (i) an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory
      disability                               or physical impairment; or
                                               (ii) a combination of impairments mentioned in subparagraph
                                               (i); and
                                           (b) Results in —
                                               (i) a substantial reduction of the person’s capacity for
                                               communication, social interaction, learning, mobility or self-
                                               care or management and
                                               (ii) The person needing support.
                                        (2) For subsection (1), the impairment may result from an acquired
                                           brain injury.
                                        (3) The disability must be permanent or likely to be permanent.
                                        (4) The disability may be, but not need be, of a chronic episodic
                                           nature.

                                        Danger to the health and safety of a person with a disability means
                                        any substantial and specific danger to the health or safety of a
                                        person with a disability as provided above.
      A substantial and specific        This refers to any conduct that is an offence, or the contravention of
      danger to the environment         a condition imposed, under Queensland environmental legislation
                                        as listed in the Public Interest Disclosure Act, Schedule 2).
      The conduct of another            A reprisal is a form of detriment to a person because it is believed
      person that could be              that somebody has made or intends to make a public interest
      considered a reprisal             disclosure.

      Natural justice                   Means that persons who are the subject of a PID allegation have the
                                        following rights:
                                           1. To be informed of the substance of allegations that may
                                               affect their rights and interests in as much detail as possible.
                                           2. To be given a reasonable opportunity to present their case to
                                               a decision maker or investigator in writing or at a meeting.
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