Anna Bligh introduced Public Service Act 190 (2) ...natural justice is not necessary... to be used as a last resort and Campbell Newman allows Queenslands Public Service-Education Department especially-to enforce it as a first option-and claim it is as a legislative requirement. For the Education Department that legislative requirement permits them to suspend an educator from duties and claim the Department reasonably believes that you may be liable... which is/was written before ANY INFORMATION is provided in writing to the Department. Those with the power to make such decisions can simply claim matters have come to my attention...natural justice is not necessary. This happened to former deputy Principal Mr Ken Ruhle of Burpengary State School [and another, very senior, colleague] the Department continue to claim it was reasonable management action taken reasonably. Those matters, prior to that letter being written, have never been provided to Mr Ruhle. It was to be the claims of one educator [of 30 plus years] who maintained she had not previously reported that SEVENTEEN MONTHS AGO [early 2010] she had been horrified by the manner in which Mr Ruhle had spoken to students and whose names she did not know. The Department refer to that unsubstantiated claim as justification for suspension from duties and denial of natural justice. THERE IS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE THE ABOVE ALLEGED INCIDENT DID NOT HAPPEN-THE DEPARTMENT [and others] REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DOCUMENTATION. Mr Ruhle was suspended from duties 10 days after his promotion to the substantive position of Deputy Principal full time. Mr Ruhle had been an Acting Deputy Principal for the previous 7 1/2 years.The Department received an emailed summary of manufactured information, a number of days after Mr Ruhle was suspended from duties. An email written by an Ethical Standards Investigator who was not only unethical in the manner in which he interviewed but he had no idea about education and/or student needs and disciplinary guidelines as per DETE recommendations. His email was his interpretation of information supplied by (a) former member of B.S.S. staff who had relocated 12 MONTHS PREVIOUSLY FROM B.S.S. who claimed she had been horrified... didnt know who to tell despite DETE Ethical Standards Guidelines as soon as is practical. (b)a friend of (a) whose information was not noted for its obvious collusion with (a) and contradictory information of the most obvious and important information alleged by (a). The only accurate information amongst so much the Department presented, in writing, to Mr Ruhle [7 months later] was that he [they claim] did not report what he had overheard [and does not believe he needed to] a few words a very senior colleague spoke WITHIN THE HEARING OF AN UNNAMED STUDENT. All of you who know of Mr Ruhles outstanding contributions to education will be horrified that students have been deprived of such a compassionate educator because the Department do not believe he is not a liar and they enforced that natural justice is not necessary... to ensure the public will not hear of the legislative requirement which allows such abuse of its employees. Needless to say no parent or student believes Mr Ruhle is other than an educator who was dedicated to providing care, concern and quality education for all students. In the 2013 Coronial Court during the inquest into the suicide death of Deputy Principal Mr Gavin Woods, all DETE employees, swore [on oath] no concerns for the health, safety and welfare, of staff and students... at B.S.S. Mr Ruhle [and his colleage] need the Department to apologise for their grave error of judgement in allowing some of its employees to misinform others the be led to believe otherwise.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 01:10:10 +0000
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