Government Submission to CMC Inquiry commits to new staff contract clause
Source: Queensland. Premier. Media Release
"The State Government has committed to developing new standard Ministerial staff contracts to prevent those staff members from inappropriately directing public servants. Premier Anna Bligh said the decision was one of several contained in the government’s submission to the CMC Inquiry into Interaction Between Government Ministers, Ministerial staff and Public Servants which was lodged today. Ms Bligh said the government had made the decision to develop Ministerial staff contracts with a clause inserted clearly stipulating Ministerial staff do not have the power or authority to direct public service officers unless the direction is made on behalf of their Minister. “This has been a grey area and this new clause within standard Ministerial staffer’s contracts would make it perfectly clear how direction is to be delegated,” Ms Bligh said."