Need to strengthen integrity and accountability in the Department of Education

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This is a formal submission on the Integrity and Accountability in Queensland discussion paper. Submissions are from stakeholders, members of the public or organisations. No corrections have been made.

Formal submission from Robina Cosser

October 2009

Anna Bligh, Premier,
Queensland Government.

Dear Mrs Bligh,

You have asked the Queensland people to give you their views on -

How can Queensland's integrity and accountability framework be improved and strengthened?

Mrs Bligh, I met you and Jim Varghese at the Cairns Community Conference on 23 June, 2002.

I told you that, when Queensland classroom teachers were bullied at work, the immediate and only advice of the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) was to “accept the things you cannot change” because the Education Queensland Grievance process did not work and teachers who “fought it” suffered physical or mental breakdown.

My subsequent experience suggests to me that the advice of the QTU was correct.

And that nothing has changed since I spoke to you on 23 June 2002.

These recommendations to you are based on my experience of dealing with the Queensland Department of Education, The Crime and Misconduct Commission and the Queensland Ombudsman

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