2017-08-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   8 AUGUST 2017



REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMITTEE


1                        PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE POLICY REVIEW
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Governance Advisor, Paul Bright
                                    Executive Services Department

Index                               ECM/Subject/Public Interest Disclosure

Attachments                         1.    Public Interest Disclosure Policy
                                    2.    Public Interest Disclosure Management Procedure


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 8 August 2017 and:
A.                       Adopt the updated Public Interest Disclosure Policy provided at Attachment 1 to the report;
                         and
B.                       Note the updated Public Interest Disclosure Management Procedure provided at
                         Attachment 2 to the report.


REPORT
Background - Public Interest Disclosures

A public interest disclosure (PID) is any disclosure about wrongdoing in the Queensland public
sector.

An effective system for making PIDs helps to safeguard the integrity of the public sector. The
objectives of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010, which regulates the management of PIDs in
Queensland, are as follows:
    To promote the public interest by facilitating PIDs of wrongdoing in the public sector;
    To ensure that public interest disclosures are properly assessed and, when appropriate,
      properly investigated and dealt with;
    To ensure appropriate consideration is given to the interests of persons who are subject of
      a public interest disclosure; and
    To afford protection from reprisals from any persons making a PID.

Who can make a Public Interest Disclosure to Council?

Any person, including a public sector officer, may disclose information about:
   A substantial and specific danger to the health or safety of a person with a disability;
   A substantial and specific danger to the environment (as set out in the PID Act); and
   Reprisal action in relation to a PID.



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