Victoria sacks Wangaratta Council over “rampant bullying”

By Paul Hemsley The Victorian government has moved to turf out elected representatives from the Rural City of Wangaratta Council and appoint administrators until the 2016 council elections after two independent investigations found that the council was dysfunctional and “rampant” with bullying and intimidation towards staff and fellow councillors. The state government’s sacking of the […]

Workplace bullying scourge under Fair Work Act spotlight

By Paul Hemsley with Julian Bajkowski Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Bill Shorten has given notice to workplace bullies that he will legislate to have certain kinds of bad behaviour defined in the Fair Work Act in the after tough recommendations from Parliamentary Inquiry about how to control on-the-job aggressors. The proposed crackdown […]

Ombudsman slams ‘dysfunctional’ Brimbank

By Rob O’Brien   Brimbank City Council has been slammed as “dysfunctional”, riddled with bullying and influenced by non-elected members with criminal pasts, in a report by the Victorian Ombudsman tabled in the State Parliament today.   In a scathing report the independent Ombudsman George Brouwer painted a picture of a council that was “dysfunctional […]

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