Integrity and Employee Relations Unit Data
Dear Queensland Department of Education and Training,
Could you please share data from the Integrity and Employee Relations Unit (formerly Safety and Integrity) for each year 2022 to 2024 inclusive which lists:
1. the total number of complaints received by intake and assessment in each year
2. the total number of public interest disclosures made in each year
3. the number of complaints internally referred for further action / investigation in each year
4. the number of substantiated complaints in each year
5. the number of complaints where no further action was required in each year
7. the number of complaints referred to external authorities such as the QPS or CCC in each year
8. the number of unresolved complaints (ie no outcome provided to the complainant)
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous
Good morning,
I refer to your request for information pertaining to data from the
Integrity and Employee Relations Unit. This appears to be a duplicate
request of similar requests lodged in relation to Southport Special
School. As per previous correspondence regarding those requests:
• Some of the information requested would be impractical or
otherwise unsuitable for administrative release
• A Right to Information application would be required for any
non-personal information sought
It is noted that Queensland government records are subject to the
Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) and the Right to Information
Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act). The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI
Act) does not apply to the records you have sought and therefore any
requests made via the Right to Know website are administrative requests,
rather than legislative, and the Department is not required by law to
respond. Should you wish to proceed with a new request for the various
information you are seeking, the correct avenue is to lodge either an IP
or RTI application. This can be done online at:
https://www.smartservice.qld.gov.au/serv....
For further information on accessing records of the Department of
Education (Qld), please refer to the Department’s webpage ‘How do I access
information?’ available at:
https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/about-us/....
Kind Regards,
Caroline Cole
Senior Lawyer
Legal Services Branch
Department of Education
P: (07) 3513 5862
E: [email address]
Level 22 | Education House | 30 Mary Street | Brisbane QLD 4000
PO Box 15033 | City East QLD 4002
-----Original Message-----
From: Anon <[FOI #12944 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2025 7:44 PM
To: ADMINLAW, rti <[QED request email]>
Subject: Right to Information request - Integrity and Employee Relations
Unit Data
Dear Queensland Department of Education and Training,
Could you please share data from the Integrity and Employee Relations Unit
(formerly Safety and Integrity) for each year 2022 to 2024 inclusive which
lists:
1. the total number of complaints received by intake and assessment in
each year 2. the total number of public interest disclosures made in each
year 3. the number of complaints internally referred for further action /
investigation in each year 4. the number of substantiated complaints in
each year 5. the number of complaints where no further action was required
in each year 7. the number of complaints referred to external authorities
such as the QPS or CCC in each year 8. the number of unresolved complaints
(ie no outcome provided to the complainant)
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous
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Dear ADMINLAW, rti,
Please clarify your reasoning on why the legislation does not apply to the records I have sought. Please ensure you are specific to avoid further unreasonable delay.
Yours sincerely,
Anon
Good morning,
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) only applies to federal government records. You are seeking records of the Department of Education (Qld), which is a Department of the Queensland government. Queensland government records are subject to the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) and the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act).
As discussed, should you wish to proceed with a new request for the various information you are seeking, the correct avenue is to lodge either an IP or RTI application. This can be done online at: https://www.smartservice.qld.gov.au/serv....
Kind Regards,
Caroline Cole
Senior Lawyer
Legal Services Branch
Department of Education
P: (07) 3513 5862
E: [email address]
Level 22 | Education House | 30 Mary Street | Brisbane QLD 4000
PO Box 15033 | City East QLD 4002
-----Original Message-----
From: Anon <[FOI #12944 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2025 9:22 PM
To: ADMINLAW, rti <[QED request email]>
Subject: RE: Right to Information request - Integrity and Employee Relations Unit Data
Dear ADMINLAW, rti,
Please clarify your reasoning on why the legislation does not apply to the records I have sought. Please ensure you are specific to avoid further unreasonable delay.
Yours sincerely,
Anon
-----Original Message-----
Good morning,
I refer to your request for information pertaining to data from the
Integrity and Employee Relations Unit. This appears to be a duplicate
request of similar requests lodged in relation to Southport Special
School. As per previous correspondence regarding those requests:
• Some of the information requested would be impractical or
otherwise unsuitable for administrative release
• A Right to Information application would be required for any
non-personal information sought
It is noted that Queensland government records are subject to the
Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) and the Right to Information
Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act). The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI
Act) does not apply to the records you have sought and therefore any
requests made via the Right to Know website are administrative requests,
rather than legislative, and the Department is not required by law to
respond. Should you wish to proceed with a new request for the various
information you are seeking, the correct avenue is to lodge either an IP
or RTI application. This can be done online at:
https://www.smartservice.qld.gov.au/serv....
For further information on accessing records of the Department of
Education (Qld), please refer to the Department’s webpage ‘How do I access
information?’ available at:
https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/about-us/....
Kind Regards,
Caroline Cole
Senior Lawyer
Legal Services Branch
Department of Education
P: (07) 3513 5862
E: [email address]
Level 22 | Education House | 30 Mary Street | Brisbane QLD 4000
PO Box 15033 | City East QLD 4002
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[FOI #12944 email]
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
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If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
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IMPORTANT: This email and any attachments may contain legally privileged, confidential or private information, and may be protected by copyright. You may only use or disclose this information if you are the intended recipient(s) and if you use it in an authorised way. No other person is allowed to use, review, alter, transmit, disclose, distribute, print or copy this email and any attachments without appropriate authorisation.
If you are not the intended recipient(s) and the email was sent to you by mistake, please notify the sender immediately by return email or phone, destroy any hardcopies of this email and any attachments and delete it from your system. Any legal privilege and confidentiality attached to this email is not waived or destroyed by that mistake.
The Department of Education carries out monitoring, scanning and blocking of emails and attachments sent from or to addresses within the Department of Education for the purposes of operating, protecting, maintaining and ensuring appropriate use of its computer network. It is your responsibility to ensure that this email does not contain and is not affected by computer viruses, defects or interference by third parties or replication problems (including incompatibility with your computer system).
The Department of Education does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage that may result from reliance on, or the use of, any information contained in the email and any attachments.
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