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

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    | ¢ W      NOOSA                                                        Council Policy
    @      |   COUNCIL                                            PUBLIC INTEREST

   Corporate Plan Reference:                  ‘Excellence as a Council’

    Endorsed by Council:                      <Insert Date of Ordinary Meeting >

    Policy Author:                            Governance Advisor

  POLICY BACKGROUND

  Noosa Council is committed the disclosure of information about suspected wrongdoing within the
  organisation so that it can be properly evaluated and, if necessary, appropriately investigated. This
  Policy confirms this commitment by ensuring practical and effective procedures are developed and
  embedded in the complaints and integrity framework of the organisation, which comply with the
  requirements of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 (PID Act).
  A Public Interest Disclosure (PID) is a disclosure of perceived wrongdoing by one or more persons
  within Council concerning an action or activity that the discloser reasonably believes constitutes:
      e  Corrupt Conduct;
      e  Maladministration;
      e  A substantial misuse of public resources;
      e  Aspecific and substantial danger to public health and safety;
      e  Aspecific and substantial danger to health or safety of a person with a disability;
      e  Aspecific and substantial danger to the environment; or
      e  Areprisal.
  Members of the public may also make a PID about:

      e  Asubstantial and specific danger to the health or safety of a person with a disability
      e  A substantial and specific danger to the environment (as set out in the PID Act)
      e  Areprisal action in relation to a PID.
  COUNCIL POLICY

  By complying with the relevant provisions of the PID Act, Council will strive to ensure the following:
  e   The promotion of public interest by facilitating public interest disclosures (PID) of wrongdoing;
  e   PIDs are properly assessed and, where appropriate, properly investigated and dealt with;
  e   Appropriate consideration is given to the interests of persons who are the subject of a PID;
  e   Afford protection from reprisals to persons making PIDs; and
  e   Procedures are in place to afford protection from reprisals to persons making a PID.
  Pursuant to s28 of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010, the CEO must establish and maintain
  reasonable procedures to ensure that:

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