Breaches of the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 Queensland by Housing Queensland, QBuild and various contractors employed and retained that have attended 69 Alice Street Biggenden during the current renovations.
[s 1] Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 Download here
Act-1994-067
Part 1 Preliminary
Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 5
Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
[as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 1 July 2014]
An Act about public sector ethics and conduct
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Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
Part 3 Ethics values
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• promoting the public good
• commitment to the system of government
• accountability and transparency.
Part 3 Ethics values
Division 1 Nature, purpose and application of
ethics values
5 Nature, purpose and application of values
(1) In recognition of the ethics principles, ethics values are to
apply to public service agencies, public sector entities and
public officials.
(2) The values mentioned in division 2 are the ethics values for
public service agencies, public sector entities and public
officials.
(3) The ethics values are intended to provide the basis for codes
of conduct for public service agencies, public sector entities
and public officials and are not of themselves legally
enforceable.
Division 2 The ethics values
6 Integrity and impartiality
In recognition that public office involves a public trust, public
service agencies, public sector entities and public officials
seek to promote public confidence in the integrity of the
public sector and—
(a) are committed to the highest ethical standards; and
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Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
Part 3 Ethics values
Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 7
(b) accept and value their duty to provide advice which is
objective, independent, apolitical and impartial; and
(c) show respect towards all persons, including employees,
clients and the general public; and
(d) acknowledge the primacy of the public interest and
undertake that any conflict of interest issue will be
resolved or appropriately managed in favour of the
public interest; and
(e) are committed to honest, fair and respectful engagement
with the community