Our man meets the Governor ....3
Farewell ..................................4
Government regains control ........6
New Deputy D-G has
hands-on experience
THE DEPARTMENT’S new Deputy
Director-General, Ms Anne Dutney, is no
stranger to corrections, having served
more than 15 years in the custodial and
community arms of the service in both
the public and private sectors.
Ms Dutney, who holds a BA with
double majors in psychology from the
University of Queensland and a
Certificate of Management from the
Australian Management College at Mt
Eliza, Victoria, joined the former
Queensland Probation and Parole
Service in 1984 as a Probation and Parole
Officer.
Within 13 years she had been
promoted to a senior executive position
Anne Dutney
with the first private sector provider of
correctional services to operate a secure centre anywhere
in the Western world outside the United States. That
company, Corrections Corporation of Australia (CCA)
entered into a contract with the former Queensland
Corrective Services Commission in 1989 to run the
Borallon Correctional Centre north of Ipswich. It has since
extended its operations to other parts of Australia.
As CCA Director Operations since 1997, Ms Dutney had
been responsible for overseeing all the company’s
operational contracts nationally and developing new
business. She reported directly to the managing director
and deputised for him in his absence. During her time with
CCA, the company’s gross revenue doubled within 18
months through the securing two major contracts.
Her early career took her from community corrections
to juvenile detention and back to adult custodial
corrections. She transferred from Probation and Parole to
the Department of Family Services where she worked as a
Resource Officer and later Deputy Manager of the John
Oxley Youth Centre.
In 1990 Ms Dutney joined the Queensland Corrective
Services Commission as Programs Manager at Brisbane
Correctional Centre (Boggo Road) and in the following
year was appointed General Manager of Moreton
Correctional Centre (now Moreton B) at Wacol. During
her two years at this “special needs” prison which places
emphasis on intensive therapeutic
programs such as sex offender
rehabilitation, there were no escapes, no
deaths in custody, no assaults on staff and
no time lost to industrial action.
During 1993-94 Ms Dutney served as
Director Operations Support with the
QCSC Executive Management and was
responsible for the oversight of all
prisons within Queensland. From there
she was promoted to her most senior
post within the organisation - Director
Offender Development. In this Senior
Executive Service role she was
responsible for the overall development
of all offender management policy for
community and custodial corrections in
both public sector and private sector
corrections.
In this time before the QCSC - Queensland Corrections
split, Ms Dutney was one of a number of executives who
reported directly to the Director-General, while all prison
general managers and community corrections regional
managers reported directly to her. She was also responsible
for providing strategic leadership for the development of
best practices responses for rehabilitation and
management of offenders in custody and under
community supervision and developing standards for
offender services.
She left the public sector to take up her position with
CCA in 1997.
Ms Dutney said she was delighted with her new
appointment and was looking forward to working with the
Director-General, managers and staff to achieve the goals
of the new department.
“There will be enormous challenges which come with
the position, but it is these challenges that will also provide
the opportunity to make significant achievements,” she
said. “I believe the department has a significant role to play
in enhancing community safety and reducing the rate of
reoffending. I see these objectives as critical to the
department’s success.”
Ms Dutney, who took up her new position on September
13, lists her interests as reading, swimming and travel.
NEWS
Prison’s no bar
to artistic flair
ART EXHIBITIONS are nothing unusual in Cairns,
Queensland’s far northern tourist city which each year
draws thousands of international holidaymakers keen
on a reef and rainforest experience.
Artists are well aware they have a captive market
among local and oveerseas visitors and rarely miss an
opportunity to exhibit their works. However, what was
different about one exhibition in the far north
recently was the non-attendance of the artists - they
were all safely locked away at Lotus Glen on the
Atherton Tableland.
In its coverage of Bar’D Art exhibition at Tanks Art
Centre, the Cairns Post newspaper noted that through
the ages prisoners turned to art in some form to ease
the rigours of their incarceration. Confinement often
drew out the creative spirit in people who otherwise
might not have shown any artistic flair.
Those in custody at Lotus Glen are no exception
and courses in painting and craft activities regularly
bring out their creativity. Those enrolled at the
Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE have
tried their hands at several genres.
“Landscapes remind prisoners of the world outside
the barbed wire, while fantasy art is often based on the
body tattoos that are a popular part of the prison subculture,” the Post reported.
More than half the population at the state’s most
northerly correctional centre is Aboriginal or Torres
Strait Islander, resulting in the importance of
indigenous images to keep prisoners in touch with
their culture.
Lotus Glen holds at least one art exhibition a year
and works are available for sale. Proceeds go to the
artists’ families or are held in trust, with a proportion
going to Victims of Crime. Prisoners buy their own
materials.
Educational staff at Lotus Glen realise the
rehabilitation potential of art and encourage prisoners
to develop their talents.
Feedback from community and custodial
staff rolls in following strategy sessions
MOST of the consultation sessions for the department’s
Strategic Plan have now been completed, with staff from
custodial centres and community corrections regions
contributing to the feedback. These forums have been
conducted by Board of Management executives, coordinated by staff from the Strategic Planning and Policy
Co-ordination Unit. Manager Therese Ellis-Smith said
discussion on the draft document circulated in early
August had raised a number of issues for consideration for
the final plan. Some of the additional key issues
suggested included:
• over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islanders and other minority groups in custody
• the need to provide effective rehabilitation options for
offenders
• security across custodial correctional centres
• improving the public image of the department and
• staff recognition, morale and training.
Irene Webb, Principal Adviser Inter-governmental
Relations, has been involved in several sessions and said
most groups consulted made only minor changes to the
purpose statement, such as the inclusion of “supervision”
or the addition of “reintegration”. Some groups however,
suggested that “crime prevention” be excluded from the
department’s purpose.
Continued Page 2
Education Officer Rowen Partridge from Lotus Glen
Correctional Centre hangs a striking artwork by prisoner
Kevin Barnes
Picture courtesy The Cairns Post
A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES PUBLICATION
Corrections
SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
culture that I intend to pursue for this department.
They include strong, transformational leadership,
integration of functions and services, and supportive
people management. These three approaches must
be implemented together if we are to achieve
sustainable change.
Transformational leadership
From the
CDirector-General
Department’s
learning culture
IN Corrections in the Balance, I identified that one of
the major challenges for this department over the next
few years would be to develop a culture that values
continuous learning, openness and transparency. Over
the past few months I have heard ‘learning
organisation’ used in many conversations, be it within
the executive team, or as I visit some of our regional
sites around the state. In this column I outline my
thoughts on what being a learning organisation will
mean for the Department of Corrective Services.
Being an organisation that is committed to learning
will have implications for both the way we do our
business and the way we manage and lead our people.
It represents both a distinct shift from the often
punitive culture of the past and a willingness to reexamine the way we will lead corrections into the
future. Three key themes underpin the learning
Have your say
during Code of
Conduct review
THE DEPARTMENT is currently reviewing the Code of
Conduct for all employees as part of the transition
process.
As public officials, staff are in a position of trust and
have been allocated powers and resources to use in the
public interest. The Code of Conduct establishes
standards of behaviour required when exercising these
powers or allocating resources.
It is intended that the Code of Conduct developed by
Queensland Corrections will serve as the basis for the
department’s code. That document complies with the
Public Sector Ethics Act and was issued to staff of
Queensland Corrections early last year. It is
organisationally specific and cites examples of behaviour
relevant to the corrections industry to illustrate
appropriate behavioural standards.
Department staff are invited to comment on this
important document during the consultation period. All
offices should have copies available for examination, and
staff can find copies in the Human Resources policy
manual (issued by Queensland Corrections) and on the
Queensland Corrections intranet site (via the Human
Resources component of the Corporate section). Unions
representing DCS staff have also been invited to comment
on the code before its finalisation.
This review is being coordinated by David Aberdeen of
the Human Resource Services Branch. Comments and
suggestions can be forwarded to David before September
30, 1999 via email (perabed), fax (3239 0602) or in
written form (C/- Human Resource Services).
2 – Corrections News, September 15, 1999
In a competitive and constantly changing environment
it is easy for us to become lost in our daily activities and
within the rules, policies and practices that have existed
for years, without stopping to ask ourselves if they not only
meet our needs today, but more importantly if they will
meet our needs for the future. The role of our leaders will
be to continually pursue the future, challenging and
questioning the way we do business and building scenarios
for better management of corrective services in
Queensland, creating a new and even better organisation
for the future.
The Board of Management and other members of the
executive management team will play a critical role in
communicating and inspiring a shared vision across the
department and in ensuring that individuals at all levels
have the opportunity to contribute. Accountability for
outcomes will be reinforced through a new model of
executive performance management and supported via
dedicated resources for executive development. Building
this foundation will be a priority for the next 12 months.
Leadership will be pursued and encouraged at all levels
and across all employment categories within the
department. Leadership is not, and can not be, the
privilege of the executive management team. I expect that
leadership opportunities will be provided not only on a
team or work site level, but also for significant departmental initiatives. A good example of this is our recent
statewide consultation process for the new Strategic Plan.
Integration of functions and services
When designing the new organisational structure for
the department, consideration was given not only to
ensuring that it would meet the department’s business
needs, but that it also facilitated integration and
cooperation between functional areas.
Improving
communication and alignment between directorates and
branches will be integral to our pursuit of organisational
learning. The role of Anne Dutney as our new Deputy
Director-General will be critical in this regard, as one of
the major accountabilities of her position will be to broker
stronger partnerships between the community and
custodial arms of our department.
Planning process feedback
(Continued from Page 1)
There have been many suggestions for inclusions to the
vision statement, such as:
• staff who co-operate and respect one another
• a cost-effective service
• appropriately resourced service
• innovative and effective programs, and
• best practice (rather than world leader).
Nicole Duke, Principal Adviser Policy Co-ordination,
said groups tended to concentrate on the goals and
strategies from one specific program area ie secure
custody, open custody, community custody or community
supervision, depending upon where they worked.
“Some correctional centre staff were concerned that
‘crime prevention’ was inappropriate to their role in the
correctional system, whereas community corrections staff
emphasised this as an integral component of their role,”
Nicole said.
Acting Senior Executive Officer Peter Hollis said
custodial staff also suggested that “minimisation of illicit
drug use” should be replaced by “prevention of illicit drug
use”. He also referred to the significant interest this
Greater integration of our functions and services
will strengthen two-way communication and provide
us with opportunities to learn from each other.
Information collected in our investigation of critical
incidents should be used to not only identify where we
went wrong, but also to identify what we can do to
ensure that not only does not occur again, but that
other work sites will not be placed at similar risk. We
should take every opportunity to support and promote
opportunities for sharing strategies, information and
approaches among colleagues
Supportive people management
Finally, a learning organisation also treats its
employees differently. Punitive and militaristic
cultures have no place in a learning organisation. This
does not mean that individuals will not be disciplined
or dismissed where it is apparent that their behavior
represents a blatant disregard for the organisation, its
policies and values. Instead, we will be pursuing and
encouraging a culture within which people are
supported and feel comfortable to try new and
innovative ways of performing their work. This new
culture recognises that we grow and improve through
learning from the things that don’t go right.
Where performance deficiencies are identified,
individuals will be given the opportunity to further
develop their skills and competencies. Technical,
professional
and
experiential
development
opportunities will be made available in line with the
department’s operational priorities. Our new strategic
training and development framework which is
currently being developed will ensure both equity of
access and shared accountability for training and
development across the department. Substantial
funding has been allocated in the provisional budget
to support this initiative.
Although the term learning organisation is often
seen as a management fad, I genuinely believe that the
principles that underlie it are little more than good
management practice. I acknowledge that some of the
themes that I have outlined represent a shift from the
past and that change will not occur instantly.
However, I am sure you will agree, they present for us
both an exciting and challenging time as we work
together to create a learning organisation that is
recognised as world class.
Frank Peach
Director-General
process had generated from all staff and signalled a huge
job for the Strategic Planning Unit over the next few
weeks.
Some additional goals put forward for consideration
include:
• increased access to health and medical services in
accordance with services available in the community
• meaningful employment for prisoners in custody
• promotion of the provision of information from, and the
provision of timely advice to, agencies in the criminal
justice system
• successful reintegration processes: focus on pre-release, and
• provision of effective rehabilitation opportunities for all
offenders.
The issue of whether this agency should develop its role
in crime prevention is one generating significant debate.
Senior executive staff will no doubt continue the
discussion at the Strategic Planning Conference to be held
on September 21-22. Staff are invited to ensure their
thoughts and views are conveyed to either their Regional
Director or General Manager who will represent them at
this conference.
Any staff member unable to attend a consultation
session who would like to have direct input to the senior
execs’ conference can e-mail or fax their comments to
Therese Ellis-Smith. The Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination Unit, which will co-ordinate the conference,
can be contacted on:
email: [email protected]
facsimile: (07) 3239 9377
DEADLINES: NEXT ISSUE
Members of the Strategic Planning and Policy Co-ordination
Unit, from left, Peter Hollis, Nicole Duke, Therese Ellis-Smith
and Irene Webb.
Corrections News is published by the Queensland Department
of Corrective Services for its staff and stakeholders.
The next two issues will be made available on September 29,
1999 and October 13, 1999. Deadlines for contributions are
September 21 and October 5 respectively. Please send disks, hard
copy and photographs to Roger Carstens, Department of
Corrective Services Media and Communications Unit,
GPO Box 1054, Brisbane, 4001, or e-mail EXECARR.
Legal Services staff are really on the ball
■ BY SHARYN FISHER
Working on new strategies are (clockwise from left) Senior Legal Advisor Danny Matthias, Manager Legal Services John Stacheel, Acting
Manager Legal Services Jo Cameron, FOI Officer Cameron Thomas, Legal Coordinator Annie Little, Acting Court Process Coordinator
Verna Young, and Graham Miller from Legal Aid. FOI Coordinator Patricia Cabaniuk was absent
Our man meets
the Governor
THE previous issue of Corrections News carried a front
page report on Darcy Turgeon being awarded a Churchill
Fellowship to travel to the United States and Canada next
year.
This time we provide picture of our Manager,
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Unit, meeting
the Governor, Major General Peter Arnison, AO at
Government House and receiving the award The
fellowship is named in honour of Britain’s World War II
Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill.
Darcy will travel to North America next July and August
and will visit correctional facilities in the Canadian capital,
Ottawa, and the provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec,
Saskatchewan, Alberta and Prince Edward Island..
Darcy said he would like to investigate programs where
Aboriginal men and women in custody in Queensland
were able to more fully participate in programs to help
them spiritually and culturally come to terms with their
problems which had resulted in contact with the criminal
justice system.
“It may be possible that during a time in custody is the
only time my people have ‘time out’ to evaluate themselves
as members of their communities and to associate
themselves with true aspects of their culture and
spirituality,” he said.
The Churchill Trust’s aim is to give opportunity, by the
provision of financial support, to enable Australians from
New ruling on
serving papers
all walks of life to undertake overseas study, or an
investigative project, of a kind that is not fully available in
Australia.
There are no prescribed qualifications, academic or
otherwise, for the award of most Churchill Fellowships.
Merit is the primary test, whether based on past
achievements or demonstrated ability for future
achievement in any walk of life. Benefit to Australia is a
significant factor.
New head for Media Unit
JOHN Deal has been appointed as the
new head of the department’s Media and
Communications Unit.
A former journalist with local,
national and contract publishing
experience, he has spent the past nine
years in senior media/public relations
roles with the police service in both the
UK and Australia.
He was the youngest ever Head of
Information for the UK’s Association of
Chief Police Officers and in 1996 became
the first civilian to manage the Media
Services Department of one of the country’s largest
police forces, Merseyside, based in Liverpool. While there
STAFF in Legal Services recently took time out of the
office to participate in a strategic planning day at the
department’s training centre at Wacol - and even though
they had trouble in the “catching ball activity” the many
ideas they came up with made the day a success.
Legal Services is presently being managed by Jo
Cameron, on a secondment from Crown Law, while the
department’s senior legal person, John Stacheel, is
working on the Corrective Services Legislation Review
Project.
Legal Services provides legal advice to the department
on a broad range of issues. Jo said the idea of having a
strategic planning day came from John and the aim was to
find ways Legal Services could better serve the
department.
“We are a very new unit, so it gave us an opportunity to
get to know each other out of the office and work out
strategies to manage the workload,” Jo said.
The strategic planning activity was a first for Legal
Services and it was seen as a vital tool to manage their
workload.
The day unfolded with a lot of talking and working out
plans and time lines of projects. Thoughts and ideas were
written on many sheets of butcher’s paper and at the end
of the day the ideas were condensed and a suitable
strategic plan was structured.
“I received really positive feedback from the team,
saying the activity gave them a lot of drive and
enthusiasm,” Jo said. “As a result of the strategic plan we
will be setting up meetings with the executive directors to
talk about how we can provide a better service.
“In Legal Services it’s important we keep on top of
what’s happening and identify problems. We also need to
act as an interface with the legal profession and other
government departments.”
Jo said the unit was not completely settled yet and one
full-time position still had to be filled.
“Even though the workload is constant, I am confident
that the strategic planning day has put the team on track
for a positive future,” she said.
he managed the media, public relations
and internal communication issues during
and after the 1997 evacuation of 60,000
people from the Grand National race
meeting at Aintree following a terrorist
bomb alert.
Since moving to Australia, John has
worked in the Media and Public Relations
Branch of Queensland Police’s Brisbane
headquarters before joining Queensland
Corrections as Senior Adviser, Media in
May. He then joined the Department of
Corrective Services and took up his current
position on August 23.
He succeeds Hamish McLean who has gone to work in
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL has recently
approved that service for subpoenas and notices
requiring non-party disclosure be served on the
Legal Services Unit, Level 19, State Law Building,
Brisbane.
The Director-General is the only person who is
authorised to release documents to the court under
these processes. All legal documents requiring
documents to be produced in court, or copied for
parties, should name him in his capacity as DirectorGeneral, Department of Corrective Services.
Subpoenas requiring production of documents
should not be addressed to, or served on any other
officer of the Department. Solicitors or process
servers attempting service upon individual officers
or centres should be advised that service will not be
accepted, and should be directed to the Legal
Services Unit..
If you have any questions about services
documentation, please feel free to call the Legal Unit.
Annual awards program
for all staff remains
The department is to carry on a custom begun by
Queensland Corrections last year and once again hold an
annual awards program throughout the entire
organisation. Details of this program will be made
available to all areas in the near future.
A distinct feature of this new program will be that every
centre, region and area of the department will have a local
employee of the year award. From these local winners an
overall departmental employee of the year will be chosen.
A prize for innovation will also be included in the new
suite of awards.
It is hoped that interest in this year’s awards will outstrip
that of 1998. Details regarding the specifics will be included
in the next issue of Corrections News. In the meantime any
inquiries regarding this program can be directed to Tony
Roper, Senior Adviser, Protocol on 3227 8438.
Corrections News, September 15, 1999 – 3
One of our true and long-serving
characters hangs up his spurs
■ BY PAUL SAMUEL
MANAGEMENT, staff and fellow Field Supervisors
gathered for lunch at the WORC Program headquarters at
Wacol to farewell Les Pointon, one of the department’s
true characters and personalities.
The long and eventful career in corrective services
began for Les in March 1976 after he spent some time in
the Queensland Police. Les worked at the old Woodford
jail for 16 years and after its closure he transferred to the
Sir David Longland Correctional Centre.
During the 19 years Les spent in the demanding
environment of secure custody, he achieved a very high
level of respect both from his fellow officers and the
prisoners under his care. His many life skills and his
ability to communicate at all levels diffused many potential
crises during the custodial years of his career.
An opportunity to transfer to the WORC program in
October 1994 was too appealing for this ex-bush boy. Les
spent time at the Mitchell, Charleville, Winton and
Blackall camps, where his natural affiliation with the bush
and country people was a bonus for the prisoners under
his supervision. It is even said some hard core heavy metal
rock music-induced prisoners were converted to country
music through their association with Les.
Recent ill health forced Les to take some time off work
and the decision to retire was a hard one. In his own
words; “I enjoy the work and I’ll miss it. It’s in my bones,
but a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do”.
At his farewell, Les was accompanied by his wife
Theresa and daughter Sonya. WORC program Director
Andrew Leese presented him with an imported westernstyle black leather wallet and a matching leather knife
holder.
Les remarked that the family tradition would be carried
on in the service with his brother Tiger at Woodford, son
Shane at SDL and Sonya with the WORC program.
We wish you well, Les, in your retirement. Your
characteristic gait into the office with hat and boots will be
missed, along with the quick wit and ready sense of humour.
The following verses, composed by work colleague
Bert Jacka, was written and presented to Les:
LES WE FORGET
Cowboy Les is riding out, hanging up his spurs,
I think it’s the gout
But whenever you think of Les the man,
he was always fun to have about
We’ll miss those boots, the belt and of course the hat
Along with the astute comments, observations,
and always time for a chat
His trusty steed the Rambler,
used to enjoy the roster induced break
Now it will constantly canter around Kilcoy
with Les in its wake
The WORC program and the name Pointon,
have quite a history together
And with Sonia it will continue, probably forever
Its his health that’s causing Les to depart the scheme
He wore himself out at Blackall,
well he did in his dream
He is well respected by staff and prisoners
and the folks of the west
Only yesterday, at Westbrook,
Shane Stephens asked me to pass on his best
We will miss the Chad Morgan impressions,
and the pocket and finger trick
The facial impressions, the tall tales,
the dress code, bit like a country hick
But it will be fondly remembered,
and looked back on in pleasure
Enjoy your retirement Les,
and your new life of leisure.
That’s Les, flanked by wife Theresa and daughter Sonya, with Andrew Leese at his farewell
}
Sixteen receive awards for their
long and distinguished service
Far North rally
against cancer
THERE’S no shortage of support for a good
cause in the Far North.
Community Corrections Coordinators Linda
Davie and Korina Hoare of the Cairns Community
Corrections Office have taken every opportunity
over the past four years to raise funds for medical
research and other needy endeavours.
Among their successful ventures are Jeans for
Genes Day, Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea and
the Leukaemia Foundation Special Children’s
Christmas Party.
This year’s Biggest Morning Tea at the
workplace raised $70 for cancer research, with all
the goodies supplied by Cairns office staff
members.
In our picture Linda (standing) and Korina look
on as Senior Area Manager Rod Daniels tucks in.
4 – Corrections News, September 15, 1999
SIXTEEN “old and bold dinosaurs” with long careers in
corrections in Queensland have been recognised by the
department for their long and distinguished service.
At a recent ceremony in Central Office the group - Bill
Kennedy, Trevor Ingham, Don Willis, Bob McGrath, Chris
White, Don Wallis, Carol Duggan, Marilyn Sinn, Ian
Stewart, Kel Olsen, Gavin Wright, Tracy Hepburn, Julie
Medlen, Kathy Turner, Ian McLain and Ron Butel - were
presented with badges to mark their achievements.
With the exception of Ron Butel, all in the group were
part of the Queensland Corrective Services Commission at
the time of the new department’s formation. Ron was with
Queensland Corrections and received a QCORR award.
David Scott, Director of the Office of the DirectorGeneral, officiated at the ceremony and remarked that
between this small group there was more than 400 years’
experience in corrections.
One of the most ancient of “dinosaurs”, Peter Roylance,
former Secretary of the Queensland Corrective Services
Commission Board who retired a few years back because of
ill health, received his 15 and 25 year badge in the mail.
Peter joined the Prisons Department in May 1959 and
would have eclipsed all staff in the organisation for length
of service had he attended this function.
Peter is still on our books as an external consultant and
may yet receive the 35 year award once new departmental
badges are struck and the calculations are concluded.
If there is anyone out there who believes he or she is
due for a long service award and have as yet not received
the recognition please either give me a call and I will be
pleased to discuss your case or get a form from your HR
people and nominate.
Our picture shows the recipients proudly displaying
their awards.
- Tony Roper, Senior Adviser, Protocol, Ph 3227 8434.
o This is I.T.
Y2K project more
than 90% complete
THIS is the first of what will be a regular monthly
column in Corrections News on Information Technology
issues. Watch this space for topical information on IT
plus a forum for questions and answers.
Last issue carried a report on the heavy workload
presently being faced by our Information Management
staff, partly as a result of the millennium bug. Here’s
the latest on that issue:
Y2K PROJECT
With the close of 1999 rapidly approaching, the
Director General would like to inform all staff of the
current Y2K project status. The Department of
Corrective Services Y2K project officially started in
August last year and is 90% complete according to
Government report guidelines.
One of the major issues reflected in Y2K
investigations is to recognise that the Y2K project is a
whole of business issue rather than just an Information
Technology issue.
The Y2K project includes three major actions:
• assessment of systems
• rectification of systems and
• contingency planning.
These actions will be taken for each of the following
areas within the Department of Corrective Services:
BOM arrangements
look to the future
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL has announced the
department’s new organisational arrangements which
have been designed to refocus on future challenges.
However, Mr Peach said these would have little effect
unless senior executives were able to act strategically and
provide the leadership needed to reposition the
department for the future.
The following senior staff sit on the Board of
Management:
Director-General ........................................ Frank Peach
Deputy Director-General .......................... Anne Dutney
Executive Director, Corporate Services ........ Peter Rule
Executive Director, Custodial Corrections .. Steve Gray
Executive Director,
Community Corrections.................... Angela Musumeci
Executive Director, Policy and
Programs Services .................................... Alison Hunter
Executive Director,
Operational Support Services .................. Peter Severin
Director,
Office of the Director-General ............ David Scott and
Manager, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Unit .................... Darcy Turgeon
Before an issue is included on a Board agenda, it is
signed off by the Manager, Strategic Planning and Policy
Coordination and the accountable Board member. The
deadlines for submission are to be strictly adhered to, and
papers will not be accepted unless specifically agreed to by
the Director-General.
The closing dates for submissions as well as the dates on
which papers will be distributed to Board members are
provided below. To facilitate more effective
administration of Board meetings, advance notice of
submissions must be made, similar to the Cabinet
submission process. Once it is determined that a paper is
to be written, the Senior Executive Officer should be
contacted. This officer will allocate a place on the
appropriate Board of Management meeting agenda. The
role is currently occupied by Peter Hollis who can be
contacted on 3227 8586.
The remaining Board of Management meetings for the
year are as follows:
Meeting date: ......................................October 11, 1999
Submission deadline: ............................October 4, 1999
Distribution to Board members: ........ October 6, 1999
Meeting date: .................................... November 8, 1999
Submission deadline: ........................ November 1, 1999
Distribution to Board members: ...... November 3, 1999
Meeting date: .................................. December 13, 1999
Submission deadline: ........................ December 6, 1999
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the supply chain (specifically foodstuffs)
external electronic interfaces
security systems (eg surveillance)
embedded systems (eg safety systems)
the corporate network and
Information Technology systems.
Contingency planning takes into account that despite
the fact DCS will assess and rectify systems over which it
has control, failure of DCS systems may occur due to
failure of outside systems - electricity, water, sewerage and
supply of foodstuffs for example.
Contingency planning aims to put into place
procedures to deal with system failures whether they are
DCS or external systems.
Staff training and publishing of contingency
procedures will occur once the Board of Management has
approved the plans.
CIS DATA REQUESTS
Owing to the number of requests for the immediate
production of reports and statistical data required from
the Correctional Information System (CIS) it has been
decided to issue the following procedure for officers with
CIS data requests.
1. Ensure that the CIS system does not already produce
the data required.
If the data is still required:
2. Document the information required and the order in
which it is required.
3. Obtain approval for the data request from your
Director.
4. Send the approved data request to the Acting Director,
Information Management.
Depending upon the complexity of the data request, the
information will be available within two to three weeks.
This procedure is requested due to the time and resources
required to process ‘one off’ data requests.
NETSCAPE UPDATE
The huge task of training all Department of
Corrective Services head office staff in the use of
Netscape began on July 16 at the State Library. An
intensive four weeks of instruction, presented by Jill
McTaggart and Dana Kennedy of the State Library of
Queensland Training Centre, concluded on August 12.
Netscape training was well received by DCS staff and
it is expected that all staff will experience a steep
learning curve over the next couple of weeks in
becoming familiar with the new system. All staff should
becoming familiar with using Calendar and manually
transferring appointments from Groupwise to
Netscape Calendar.
If any assistance is required with using Netscape,
please direct your enquiries to the Help Desk, ph
77660. Requests for Netscape resources, such as
conference rooms, should be directed to Greg
Kaloutsis, ph 77333.
As Netscape conversion is now complete, please
note that Groupwise will cease being used on Monday
August 30.
Following are some hints on Netscape:
• When searching for names in the Address Book,
single click on Group then in the Search field enter
the Christian name or Surname of the person
required. All matching names are displayed in the
Target area.
• What used to be known as Proxy in Groupwise, is
known as Designates when using Calendar.
Designates is located under the File menu option.
• Designate rights are set by the user.
Here now is our first question and answer forum:
Q: I am at a correctional centre, how do I send my
Groupwise e-mail to head office ?
A: Using Groupwise, prefix the normal address with
PRIMARY.CORPORATE: and send as normal.
Bird Women of Numinbah - it
doesn’t sound quite the same
FILM buffs would be
“I think it’s good for the
familiar with the Burt
girls
and
the
birds,”
Lancaster classic Bird Man of
Ms Bangay said.
Alcatraz, the true story of a
The initial setting up of a
long-term prisoner at the
refuge centre for birds
notorious (and now closed)
required a lot of work at the
penitentiary
in
San
centre, but once this was
Francisco Bay who became a
done the nurturing of the
recognised authority on our
birds could begin.
feathered fauna.
“Fleay’s Wildlife Park and
While Bird Women of
Currumbin Sanctuary are
Numinbah does not have the
working with Parks and
same ring to it, potential
Wildlife
to
educate
exists for such a story to
(prisoners) in the care of
become a reality.
sick, injured and orphaned
Sick,
injured
and
wildlife,” Ms Bangay said.
orphaned birds will soon be
The community was also
Two inmates on an unusual community service project prepare
the only ones behind bars at the aviary for occupation
getting behind the project by
the department’s low/open
donating hot water bottles,
security Numinbah Corrseed
and
other
ectional Centre female
requirements.
annex in the Gold Coast
Inmate Karine, who was
hinterland. And it will be a
helping to assemble the
challenge for inmates to
3.6m by 1.8m cage, said just
nurse them back to health
putting the enclosure up had
and set them free.
a been a challenge in itself.
Operations Officer Sue
After that came the creation
Noordink said women
of wind breaks, preparing
needed to be able to
medicine and breeding
nurture, so she thought sick
worms.
animals would be perfect.
“More than 30 different
“We approached Currspecies of birds will be cared
umbin Sanctuary and from
for and there will be three
that we were given a cage
separate enclosures for the
and tutors who are coming
sick and injured. One part
out to train women in bird
will be a flight aviary,” Karine
and fauna care,” she
said.
explained.
“We’re going to be given
The picturesque setting of Numinbah Correctional Centre
A Gold Coast-based ranger in the Gold Coast hinterland - an ideal setting to nurse
some hospital boxes because
in charge of wildlife at the native fauna back to health
the birds may require 24 hour
Queensland
Parks
and
care and we’ll have to take
Wildlife Service, Marion
them into our rooms at night.”
Bangay, said from time to time the service received “a lot”
Sue said the opportunity for the inmates involved a lot
of young birds in need of care. She also realised there were
of hard work, but it was also exciting. Now everyone was
people with spare time on their hands who could help.
just waiting for the first recruits.
Corrections News, September 15, 1999 – 5
Government “has the levers” D-G
tells Council for Civil Liberties
THE GOVERNMENT has been able to “regain control of the levers”
under the new departmental structure for Corrective Services, the
Director-General has told the Queensland Council of Civil Liberties.
Addressing the council’s annual general meeting in
Brisbane on June 15, Mr Peach said the Department of
Corrective Services allowed for direct lines of
accountability to the Minister without allowing the prison
system to return to the old “out of sight, out of mind” days.
Public input and public scrutiny would continue,
eliminating the danger of a return to the pre-1989 ways.
Following is an edited version of the Director-General’s
address. He was asked to address three topics:
1. His review of the Queensland Corrective Services
Commission;
2. The implementation process to transfer the former
QCSC back to a government department; and
3. The future of corrections in Queensland.
He began by providing some background on last year’s
review. He told delegates:
In August last year the incoming Minister for Police and
Corrective Services in the new Beattie Government, the
Honourable Tom Barton, MLA, announced my
appointment to head a review of the Queensland
Corrective Services Commission. This agency had been set
up almost 10 years earlier following a comprehensive
review of corrective services by Jim Kennedy, a
Queensland identity well known to everyone here, I’m
sure.
It was a legislative requirement that the QCSC be
reviewed every five years to gauge the effectiveness of the
agency and the Acts under which it operated - the
Corrective Services Act and the Corrective Services
(Administration) Act.
The first review was carried out by the PSMC in 1993
and further reforms to the management of corrective
services were put in place as a result of this.
Last year’s review had wider terms of reference and
came up with more far-reaching conclusions.
In addition to the terms of reference specified by the
Act, Mr Barton added some additional issues for the
review’s consideration.
These were:
• the purchaser and provider division which had been in
place since the previous September
• the oversight of privately-managed correctional centres
• the sufficiency of accountability mechanisms
• the provision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
offenders
• the interface with other elements of the criminal justice
system and
• the profile of community corrections.
The review was required to report on the effectiveness
of the operation of the two Acts and to recommend ways
in which they might be improved. My report, entitled
Corrections in the Balance - A Review of Corrective Services in
Queensland, made 58 recommendations to the
Government.
All but one have been approved by the government or
the Minister
The review was formally established as a Commission of
Inquiry to provide various powers and protection as
specified by the Commission of Inquiry Act 1950.
My report acknowledged the tremendous gains made in
the management of corrective services in Queensland
since the QCSC, with its community-based Board, came
Corrective Services bears the brunt of the community’s demand for law and order - Director-General
into being in December 1988.
It is hard to imagine now that when Jim Kennedy
carried out his review only a little over a decade ago there
were prisoners living in unsewered cells built in the
nineteenth century, bread and water punishment diets
were still in force and the notorious “black holes” at Boggo
Road had only been closed for the last time less than a year
earlier.
Townsville Correctional Centre and the red brick No. 2
Division at Boggo Road stood not only as interesting relics
Recognise him?
HERE’S a face from the past, no doubt well known
to long-serving Community Corrections staff in central
Queensland and elsewhere in the state.
Steve Guttridge, who established the Central Region
Community Corrections Office in Rockhampton in the
early days of the Queensland Corrective Services
Commission, caught up with former colleagues while
attending at the official opening of the new Hervey Bay
office in July.
Steve left Corrective Services more than seven years
ago after being admitted as a barrister to the Supreme
Court of Queensland, but is still in demand from time
to time as an external investigator.
He joined the former Queensland Probation and
Parole Service in Brisbane in 1980 after leaving a
career in the police service to enter university as a
mature age student. Following service in the Redcliffe
and Mount Isa Probation and Parole offices he was
appointed Area Manager in Toowoomba following the
creation of the QCSC.
6 – Corrections News, September 15, 1999
of Victorian era British penal architecture in a tropical and
sub-tropical setting, but operating correctional facilities and I use the word “correctional” with reservation.
The entire Queensland prison system was stuck in the
horse and buggy days. In addition to Boggo Road and
Townsville we had ageing and inadequate secure
infrastructure for male prisoners at Wacol, Woodford and
Townsville, a relatively new but poorly designed women’s
prison at Dutton Park, an 18-cell female division at
Townsville and two open security farms for men at
Numinbah and Palen Creek.
A massive injection of capital to build new facilities was
needed urgently.
By the time the PSMC carried out its review of the
Commission in 1993 reform was well under way and more
was to follow.
The gains achieved over the past 10 years occurred not
only in corrective services - the era of change and reform
impacted almost everywhere - public accountability, the
From there, in 1991 he was promoted to Regional
Manager, Central, then based at Bundaberg and moved
the office to Rockhampton to serve a larger client base.
Since leaving Corrective Services he has served as a
legal adviser to the police commissioner and as a lawyer
for the Criminal Justice Commission.
He is now in private practice in Hervey Bay.
environment, law enforcement .... the list goes on.
The recommendations of last year’s Commission of
Inquiry had the aim of building on the foundation of a
decade of progress with a suite of proposals aimed at
further developing and refining management
arrangements at the State level.
As the Minister recently acknowledged in Parliament,
times have changed. Today there are more opportunities
for community input into the system and public
accountability than there have ever been. Freedom of
Information, judicial review, the Ombudsman, the CJC
and regular stakeholder meetings are just some examples
of this.
Under the new departmental structure the Minister will
still receive direct advice from the community through a
ministerial advisory council, which will be broadly
representative of stakeholders.
The new structure reinstates clear lines of
accountability between the Director-General representing
the corrective services system and the person sitting at the
Cabinet table who is ultimately responsible.
As Mr Barton said, the people of Queensland hold him
as Minister responsible. In the event of an escape or death
in custody the policy makers on the Board were not held
responsible, he was. He has to face the electors every three
years.
The departmental structure allows the government to
regain control of the levers and restore direct lines of
accountability to the Minister without allowing the prison
system to return to the old out of sight, out of mind days.
Public input and public scrutiny will continue, eliminating
the danger the system will revert to the pre-1989 situation.
Keep an eye out in the next issue of Corrections News
for more on the Director-General’s address to the
NAIDOC memorable across the state
IN ITS FIRST issue, Corrections News reported on NAIDOC week celebrations in Brisbane and the
surprise appearance of comedian Ernie Dingo.
This time our contributors in Woodford,
Rockhampton and the two northern correctional
centres tell their story.
W oodford
NAIDOC week at Woodford was a huge success. The
flag-raising ceremony, sport and other activities and art
competitions leading up to the family day took a
concerted effort by many staff. It was pleasing to note
the lack of visitor complaints and the effective
management by staff of the large volume of visitors and
prisoner movement.
Donna Lacey, Karan Lawrence and Maria Durey
deserve congratulations for their efforts in planning,
organising and facilitating the NAIDOC week
celebrations. Alan Preston and his team of custodial
staff for the family day are further acknowledged for a
job well done, as are Support Services and Visits
processing.
Rockhampton
The family day was held on Thursday, July 8. The
Mackay, Rockhampton and Woorabinda Elders were
invited as guests and provided musical instruments
such as the didgeridoo so that inmates could show
their talents. Because of the increased numbers of
inmates we had a split family day, with the Woorabinda
families attending in the afternoon and all other
families in the morning. Families travelling a fair
distance were able to attend both sessions. We were not
able to have traditional food, but there was
entertainment in the form of a one-man band and the
inmates enjoyed taking over the guitar and microphone.
Next day Rockhampton Correctional Centre staff
attended the NAIDOC march, with everyone looking
smart in their uniforms. We were given permission to
make our own career pamphlets and these were given out
during and after the march. Our General Manager gave
permission for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
staff to attend the march and supported us with the
pamphlets.
A planned football match against local community
teams had to be cancelled several times because of wet
weather and players attending training camps. Instead the
A team played the B team and drew the match 8-all. After
a full-time drop off Kevin Henry scored and won the
match for the B side.
Townsville
NAIDOC celebrations were held at Townsville
Correctional Centre from Friday, July 9 to 11, with
inmates in the women’s secure division receiving visitors in
the visits area.
A karoake machine was provided which proved to be
very popular once a couple of women took the plunge and
sang some songs.
Eddie Albert (Family Support
Correctional Counsellor) showed his hidden talents on
the day and entertained with a couple of numbers. A most
enjoyable barbecue lunch with assistance to cook being
provided by one of the inmates, a visitor and staff.
On Saturday the inmates were split up into three areas
according to security classifications - one for protection,
one for the male residential and one for the female
residential. A barbecue and juke box machine were
provided for the female residential area. A band and
dancers from within the prison provided the
entertainment for the male residential inmates and
their visitors in the regular visits area.
Next day, inmates and their visitors from the Harold
Gregg Units and the annexes were also entertained by
a band and dancers provided by the inmates before
lunch.
An art exhibition with works supplied by the inmates
and arranged by Sandra Tutti was popular, with some
pieces being purchased by the visitors.
Lotus Glen
NAIDOC Day celebrations at Lotus Glen
Correctional Centre began on July 31 at the secure
prison and culminated as an Elders day. Elders from
the Cape York and Torres Strait Islander community
also attended.
Traditional dancing, performances from inmate
and visitors bands, a flag raising ceremony, and
traditional food were all part of the day’s activities.
On the farm, celebrations began the next day and
culminated as a family get-together. Traditional
dancing, performances from inmate and visitors
bands, a flag raising ceremony, and barbecue were
part of the celebrations.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates
who are currently completing the Caring for Country
TAFE course module - Organising a Function were
involved in the food preparation, making grass skirts,
displaying advertisements around the centres, sending
out of invitations and the painting of signs.
Queenslanders represent all of
Australia at Canada conference
QUEENSLAND was the only Australian correctional
jurisdiction represented at an international conference in
Canada earlier this year.
Darcy Turgeon, General Manager of the department’s
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Unit, Lyn
Cullinane, Senior Adviser, Human Resources, and Boni
Robertson, a former member of the Board of Queensland
Corrections represented the state at the Effective
Corrections through Indigenous Wisdom Conference at
Vancouver, British Columbia in March.
The conference was hosted by the Sto:lo Nation and
sponsored by Correctional Service Canada to identify
common correctional issues among Aboriginal people
and to share ideas, experiences and correctional
innovations. As well as these goals, the conference
initiated partnerships for more correctional interventions
on behalf of indigenous offenders between the delegates
from countries including New Zealand, Mexico, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, the Czech Republic,
Australia, Canada and the USA.
As Queensland was the only Australian state which sent
representatives specifically involved in corrections, Darcy
said the Queensland delegates were expected to speak on
indigenous incarceration not only for Queensland but for
all of Australia.
The delegates were welcomed to the conference by a
Traditional Coast Salish Welcome Ceremony at the
Tsawwassen First Nation Long House. According to Darcy
the hospitality and generosity shown by the First Nations
people to the Aboriginal people from Australia was
warm and sincere.
“The First Nations People of North
America made us feel very welcome in
their country. They of course experience
the same problems associated with
dispossession of their land and are
struggling with the same issues of overrepresentation in the correctional
system as with Aboriginal people in
Australia,” Darcy said.
“Delegates from New Zealand, Australia
and Canada established comradeship linked
to the same struggles and progress made by the
indigenous inhabitants of all these nations. The stories
told at the conference could refer to the Maoris, the
Aboriginal people of Australia and the First Nations
people of North America. We all told the same story, and
all experience incredible numbers of our people in the
correctional system.”
The most senior officer representing the Correctional
Service of Canada, Mr Ole M. Ingstrup, Commissioner,
attended the conference for the entire program,
demonstrating the importance placed on indigenous
incarceration issues in that country. Senior indigenous
people working in corrections - both secure custody and
community supervision - spoke at the venue.
Due to the success of this inaugural event, Mr Ingstrup
will lobby the International Corrections and Prisons
Association for the Advancement of
Professional
Corrections to include indigenous incarceration as part of
their agenda. It was proposed for the next conference
focusing on indigenous incarceration to be held in New
Zealand next year and possibly in Australia in 2001. Darcy
Turgeon has been invited to visit New Zealand later this
year to evaluate the appropriateness of Maori programs in
corrections for indigenous people in custody in
Queensland. Darcy has also been awarded the Churchill
Fellowship to travel to Canada in 2000 to
evaluate
the
First
Nations’ program
in corrections.
October 8 and 9 at the
Wacol Bowls Club
ld
Who can take the shie
from Moreton A?
These are the
contenders:
SDL
Woodford
Moreton A/WORC Scheme
Moreton B
Family Services and Youth Detention
Borallon
Arthur Gorrie
Brisbane Women’s
Wolston
Combined Services
(includes T&E, Dog Squad, Head Office,
Darling Downs, Palen Creek and TDC)
• Golf
• Netball
• Shooting
• Darts/Pool
• Tug-of-war
• Touch football
• Soccer (indoor rules)
• Four persons 2.3km relay (new event)
This year we have
nine spor ts:
There will also be a “red faces” competition.
Interest has been shown from Wolston,
Brisbane Women’s, Moreton B, Arthur Gorrie,
Head Office and Woodford.
The competition looks fierce.
Don’t miss out on the chance to have
the spotlight on you!
Put pen to paper and see your centre’s Sport Co-ordinator.
For all other enquiries contact the committee members:
Ben Kappa
Mike Buhagiar
Tracy Doyle
Henry Purcell
Moreton B
Wolston
Wolston
Wolston
3406
3271
3271
3271
6361
9403
9492
9492
Corrections News, September 15, 1999 – 7
Vacancies
W elcome to the Department of Corrective Services vacancy schedule.
The following positions are vacant as of last Friday, September 10. If you are interested in applying for any of the vacancies listed in this schedule please ensure that you obtain a copy of
the application form, a copy of the guide to applying for vacancies as well as a copy of the position description or expression of interest document. All required documents can be accessed
from the departments Intranet site.
The position description/expression of interest document can be downloaded electronically by clicking on the vacancy reference number (VRN) within the Vacancy Schedule. The VRN
number is electronically linked to a copy of the position description or relevant expression of interest document. The application form and a copy of the application guide can be obtained
by selecting the options boxes at the top of this schedule.
Applicants should submit the application blank with their application. All job applications should include a resume and should address any specified selection criteria. Three copies of
your application should be submitted (an original and two copies) unless otherwise specified.
APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE FILLING OF THE UNDERMENTIONED POSITIONS:
Ref No
Vacancy
Locality
Salary Per Annum
Min Max
Classification
Symbol
Closing Date
For Application
Contact No.
Brisbane
Brisbane
$77,886 to $81,535
$56,070 to $60,187
SO1
AO7
13.09.99
13.09.99
(07) 3239 0573
(07) 3239 0573
Brisbane
$71,195 to $74,237
SO2
27.09.99
(07) 3239 0573
Brisbane
$15,747 to $29,370
AO1/AO2
17.09.99
(07) 3239 0573
Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane
$56,070 to $60,187
$43,471 to $47,322
$50,009 to $53,570
AO7
AO5
AO6
13.09.99
20.09.99
27.09.99
(07) 3239 0573
(07) 3239 0573
(07) 3239 0573
Brisbane
$50,009 to $53,570
AO6
13.09.99
(07) 3239 0573
Brisbane
$43,471 to $47,322
AO5
20.09.99
(07) 3239 0573
Brisbane and
Regional Boards $37,384 to $41,203
AO4
13.09.99
(07) 3239 0573
20.09.99
(07) 3271 9409
27.09.99
(07) 4630 6201
20.09.99
20.09.99
20.09.99
(07) 4093 3911
(07) 4093 3911
(07) 4093 3911
20.09.99
20.09.99
(07) 4093 3911
(07) 4093 3911
13.09.99
(07) 5544 3115
27.09.99
(07) 4934 2256
27.09.99
(07) 3406 8712
20.09.99
(07) 4778 2244
20.09.99
(07) 3271 9409
20.09.99
(07) 5422 5230
CORPORATE OFFICE
Corporate Services Directorate
264/99
Director, Finance and Administrative Services (a)(d)(h)
265/99
Senior Adviser, Facilities Services Branch (d)(h)
284/99
Manager, Performance Measurement and Analysis
Information Management Branch (a) (d) (h)
Internal Audit Unit
289/99
Expression of Interest
Administrative Officer
(temporary/secondment for period 04/10/99 to 05/11/99) (d)
Office of the Director-General
229/99
Senior Adviser, Strategic Planning, Strategic
Planning and Policy Co-ordination Unit (a)(d)(h)
269/99
Court Process Co-ordinator, Legal Services Unit (a)(d)(h)
285/99
Communications Officer, Media and Communications Unit (a) (d) (h)
Operational Support Services Directorate
260/99
Manager, Intelligence Operations Proactive Intelligence Network (a) (d) (h)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit
282/99
Adviser, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Training
and Prisoner Program Delivery (a)(d)(h)
Community Corrections Directorate
266/99
Expression of Interest
Temporary/Secondment Secretary to Community Corrections Boards (e)
Training and Development Centre
No Positions Advertised
CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
Brisbane Women’s/SEQW Correctional Centre
271/99
Expression of Interest
Temporary/Secondment for up to 3 months Industries Supervisor (e)
Wacol
$35,069 to $40,500
CO2
Darling Downs Correctional Centre
286/99
Correctional Counsellor (a) (e) (h)
Westbrook
$27,617 to $40,500
CO1/CO2
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
273/99
Correctional Counsellor (a)(e)(h)(3 positions)
Mareeba
$27,617 to $40,500
CO1/CO2
274/99
Administrative Officer (e)(h) (5 positions)
Mareeba
$15,747 to $29,370
AO1/AO2
276/99
Psychologist (a)(e)(h) (2 positions)
Mareeba
$27,617 to $40,500
CO1/CO2
277/99
Expression of Interest
Temporary/Secondment for up to 12 months Trust Accounts Officer (e)
Mareeba
$31,481 to $35,214
AO3
278/99
Custodial Correctional Officer Trade Instructor (Light Industries) (a)(e)(h)
Mareeba
$32,389 to $36,882
CO1-7 to CO2-2
Moreton Correctional Centre
No Positions Advertised
Numinbah Correctional Centre
No Positions Advertised
Palen Creek Correctional Centre
262/99
Operations Officer, MAYGIC (a)(e)(h)
Rathdowney
$43,471 to $47,322
AO5
Rockhampton Correctional Centre
287/99
Clinical Nurse (Consultations) (a) (e) (h)
Rockhampton
$39,847 to $42,692
NO2
Sir David Longland Correctional Centre
283/99
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Counsellor (Family Support) (a) (e) (h) Wacol
$27,617 to $40,500
CO1/CO2
Townsville Correctional Centre
263/99
Sentence Management Co-ordinator (e)(h)
Townsville
$49,662 to $49,662
CO4-1
Transport & Escort Service
No Positions Advertised
Wolston Correctional Centre
261/99
Re-advertised
Expression of Interest
Temporary Administrative Officer (2 positions)
(temporary/secondment for a period of up to three months) (e) (g)
Wacol
$15,747 to $29,370
AO1/AO2
Woodford Correctional Centre (Note: Salary Rates and conditions are subject to the Woodford Correctional Centre Employees’ Industrial Agreement)
281/99
Part-Time Clinical Nurse (38 hours p/f) (a)(e)(h)
Woodford
$19,923.50 to $21,346 Based on WNO2
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
Central Region
268/99
Area Manager(e)(h)
Gympie
$49,662 to $49,662
CO4-1
20.09.99
(07) 4938 4837
Metropolitan Region
No Positions Advertised
Northern Region
247/99
Re-advertised
Senior Community Correctional Officer (Assessment Unit) (2 positions)
(a) (e) (g) (h)
Townsville
$45,259 to $46,593
CO3-03 to CO3-04 27.09.99
(07) 4760 7581
Southern Region
270/99
Senior Area Manager (e)(h)
Toowoomba
$56,070 to $56,070
CO5-1
20.09.99
(07) 3849 6533
WORC Program
No positions advertised
NOTE:
(a) Also advertised externally. (b) Subject to contract of employment. (c) Closing Date has been extended. (d) Applications are to be forwarded to Human Resources. (e) Applications are to be
forwarded to Centre/Region in which vacancy exists (f) Closed Merit Selection Process due to an organisational restructuring process. (g) Previous applicants need not re-apply. (h) Also
advertised in Goverment Gazette (i) Expression of Interest for Equal Transfer Only.
APPLICATIONS ARE TO ARRIVE BY NO LATER THAN 5.00 PM ON THE CLOSING DATE
Recurrent vacancies occurring in a particular class of position are to be filled by a merit based selection process from the pool of applicants recruited.
Corrections News, September 15, 1999 – 8