'Call out things that don't look right': Qld education boss in corruption crackdown

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published April 28, 2022

Queensland education department employees and state school teachers and staff are being urged to report alleged corruption through a new anonymous online portal.

Probes into the Queensland government and integrity agencies, some ordered by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, continue to hear widespread allegations of misconduct and impropriety.

New Department of Education director-general Michael De'Ath has warned that he has zero tolerance to fraud and corruption, in a ...

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