Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff
- Report length
- 107 pages
Summary
The report's own summary: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, pages 10 to 17
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The Criminal Justice Commission reviewed Education Queensland’s policies for reporting and investigating alleged sexual behaviour by staff towards students.
The review focused on prevention, using individual investigations only to illustrate where policies and procedures needed improvement.
The Commission acknowledged existing initiatives but concluded that clearer conduct rules, stronger reporting, better investigations and tighter screening were needed.
Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 10 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 11
The Commission’s recommendations covered conduct standards, reporting and investigation of allegations, student protection, screening, information sharing and disciplinary powers.
Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 11 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 12 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 13 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 14 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 15 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 16 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 17 · Safeguarding Students: Minimising the Risk of Sexual Misconduct by Education Queensland staff (December 2000), page 46
The Commission concluded that most recommendations could be implemented without legislative changes or substantial extra spending.
In the body's own words
- Conclusion
The internal investigative capacity of Education Queensland needs to be enhanced.
- Recommendation
That the Code of Conduct and associated policies be regularly reviewed and updated.
- Conclusion
Most of the recommendations made in this report can be implemented without requiring legislative change or significant budgetary outlays.
Findings and recommendations
Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.
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Published responses
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