The Palaszczuk Government has refused to give details of Child Safety officers found to have acted corruptly

The Palaszczuk Government has refused to detail what 37 Child Safety workers investigated for acting corruptly actually did while working with the state’s most vulnerable children.

DETAILS of corrupt conduct proven against Child Safety workers dealing with the state’s most vulnerable children are being kept secret.

The Palaszczuk Government has refused to detail what 37 public servants investigated for acting corruptly actually did while working for the Child and Family Services Department.

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The Opposition had tried to get information on 13 “corrupt conduct matters” referred to in the Department’s annual report for 2018-19 through a Question on Notice to Child Safety Minister Di Farmer.

Details of corruption allegations proven against Child Safety workers over the past year have been kept secret.

Her answer revealed that seven matters were substantiated, four were partially substantiated and two were unsubstantiated but did not describe the types of inappropriate behaviour.

It said that staff had been sacked, demoted, reprimanded, given extra training, counselled and disciplined after they left their jobs, but gave no other detail. The matters relate to 37 people, as some matters involve allegations against multiple people, but it’s not known how many of them were cleared.

“The matters related to allegations of staff conduct that could, if proven, adversely affect the performance of the department or the exercise of powers that was not honest or impartial, involved a potential breach of trust or involved the misuse of information,” Ms Farmer said in her response to the Opposition.

Minister for Child Safety Di Farmer

Opposition Child Safety spokesman Stephen Bennett said the information should be released immediately.

“This is just another example of the secrecy, cover-up and mismanagement of child safety under the Palaszczuk Labor Government,” he said.

“Labor should be focused on protecting our most vulnerable kids in child safety, not cover-ups and corruption scandals.”

Ms Farmer told The Courier-Mail employees’ personal information was confidential, including details of disciplinary matters.

“When corrupt conduct by a departmental employee is proven, disciplinary action is taken which reflects the seriousness of this form of misconduct.

“Once a disciplinary matter related to corrupt conduct is finalised by the department, the matter may then also be referred to Queensland Police Service for investigation and possible criminal charges.

“Departmental information about disciplinary matters may form part of an ongoing police investigation.”