Friday, April 3, 2009

Premier and Minister Lucas: Why do you treat Whistleblowers so badly? Isn't that a criminal offence under the Whistleblowers' Protection Act?

Premier and Minister Lucas,
According to the Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994, REPRISAL IS AN INDICTABLE OFFENCE.

Shouldn't private investigation companies - engaged by Queensland Health - be required to deliver true and accurate reports, when they are employed to discredit protected Whistleblowers? After all, the general public deserve to know that after Queensland Health spends thousands of their taxpayers' dollars on such a dubious private investigation - they should at the very least receive an accurate report for their money.

Shouldn't the general public have a right to know how much of their taxpayers' dollars was spent to terminate the employment of a protected Whistleblower?

SING has evidence that a recent private report - paid by the taxpayer - is so inaccurate that a truck could be driven through it. One other dubious exercise regarding discrediting the same Whistleblower cost the taxpayer $27,000.

Why were the only witnesses interviewed by this private investigation company, 3 Eventide management?

Committing REPRISAL against protected Whistleblowers is a criminal offence. Why was this SING SUPPORT GROUP member in the document below, treated so badly?

She fulfilled her obligation under the Aged Care Act and reported this serious case to many entities. After being rebuffed by those entities, these serious matters were then brought to the attention of the general public in March 2008. Why did it take almost another year for your sycophants to terminate her employment?

Why did a Senior Queensland Health, District Manager, make a complaint to the Queensland Police Service (QPS) of unsubstantiated and unsupported allegations against the protected Whistleblower, shortly after Network Ten News aired the sexual abuse case that took place at Bramble House, Eventide, Brighton?

Why does the protected Whistleblower have to pay through Freedom Of Information to obtain a copy of a document - paid for by the taxpayer - regarding this same case and four others, at her expense? This serious case was reported to the Crime and Misconduct Commission on the 9 October 2007, by the same Whistleblower.

Premier,
Don't your highly paid public servants know that they can face criminal offence charges if they breach the Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994?

SING SUGGESTS THAT AN INQUIRY INTO THESE MATTERS IS IMPERATIVE.

MORE EVIDENCE TO BE POSTED REGARDING THE DELIBERATE ACTION BY THE ETHICAL STANDARDS UNIT AND THE INTERNAL WITNESS SUPPORT UNIT TO REBUFF FURTHER EVIDENCE REPORTED BY THE SAME TERMINATED PROTECTED WHISTLEBLOWER. THIS EVIDENCE IS REGARDING OTHER ASSAULTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN EBBTIDE HOUSE, EVENTIDE, LAST YEAR.



4 comments:

  1. Mandatory Reporting of abuse in aged care is a component of orientation in aged care and general education sessions. It is Mandatory education.
    Staff are made aware of the accountabilities of reporting and the policies of the organisation.
    Staff also are educated on the whistleblower policy and who is responsible for the management of whistleblower information and protection of the whistleblower.
    It is usually the most senior person responsible for the organisation.
    Why do staff not report abuse?
    It is the lack of confidentiality of information, the total disregard for the whistleblower’s protection and non adherence to the policy by the very senior people responsible for this policy.
    Until action is taken to enforce whistleblower protection in the aged care workplace, abuse will continue and not be reported.

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  2. There is only one way to bring those who blatently disregard policy and lie to protect thier own wrong doings:
    Take legal action and go for the biggest salary earner first.
    Watch the finger pointing and the lies unfold.
    If you knew about it and did not do a thing to stop it - guess what you are on the list to fall.

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  3. Police Constable Bree Sonter must feel very vulnerable right now. Is she protected from reprisal and punishment from fellow officers?
    This took courage – I wish her well and sincerely pray she is protected.
    Hopefully the victim is renumerated for all his costs and that justice will be done.
    Sadly I had a resident who was frail and suffering dementia who did not have the ability to report continued abuse by a staff person who repeatedly punished him for yelling during showering time.
    She gloried in demonstrating her intervention to “ shut him up” to other staff.
    She held the shower rose over his mouth until he stopped yelling – and at times breathing.
    Why was this not reported for so long?
    Staff did not have faith in the management to take action and they did not feel they would be protected from reprisal.
    They also had no faith in the organisations whistleblower policy and those responsible for managing the reports of abuse.
    This was a criminal act which was never reported to police by the appropriate senior staff.

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  4. What role and responsibility does the HRM have in protecting staff who report abuse and follow policy?
    It appears they hold as much interest in resident safety and rights as the CEOs and DGs.
    How can these people sleep at night knowing that abuse is happening while they have the authority to stop it and seek justice for the abused.
    The higher the salary the less the conscience for what is right and just.

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