As my field inspection trips continued, I remained concerned at the general disregard which the industry had wherever compliance with lease and site requirements was the issue. yellow cover sheet, for newspaper articles relating to Dick Gilbert, Sale's City Engineer in question. In 1989/90 in conjunction with Don Kratzing, Manager, Environment Sub-Program and Bevan Emmerton, Ecologist, I prepared the first draft of that Code. As a consequence of your further correspondence to the Chief Commissioner of Police in which you dispute the findings of two investigations conducted by the Department into your allegations that Sergeant Mann intimidated witnesses at the Sale Court on 15th June, 1990, by his presence at the hearing, I have caused the material forwarded with those letters, and the previous investigation file, to be again examined in depth'.

Except for the 'third' disclosure no significant progress has been made by the authorities concerned. Since I last made a report to the Senate Committee on Public Interest Whistleblowing on 12 December 1993 and in evidence before the Senate Committee on 28 January 1994, we have had insight as to why our complaints have been so ignored and have been able to access considerable documentation through F. Mann's communication to you, I most paint out that there has been only two complaints against the City of Sale, referred by the Equal Opportunity Commission to the Equal Opportunity Board, for hearing. It is not the place of this Government (nor in my view is it the role of the Committee) to interfere with the independence of such important institutions as the Ombudsman, the Police Complaints Authority or the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity. I urge you to investigate a suitable resolution of this matter which is important to Queensland for the following reasons: I.

Whistleblowers Protection Act is fundamentally designed to do just that - 10 protect a person who genuinely discloses public interest information to an appropriate authority from legal action. These people have a history of making allegations against me which when properly investigated by independent organisations has shown to be ill founded and malicious. I have previously referred to the discharges from the Engineering and Water Supply Departments various sewage treatment works around the coast —'and the environmental damage being caused by them. In Mr King's submissions to the Select Committee, he is obviously concerned about at the time delay is my responding to his concerns. A person may snake application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the review of a decision of the Minister imposing a surcharge.

I Obtained the services of CSIRO, for example, in about 1986 to advise on emplacement design for Ranger's longer term requirements.A. police (being encouraged by the governments much publicised anti-drug "Operation Hygiene" to do so) of extensive and most serious drug dealing and corruption in South Australia and in other parts of Australia. Between 1986 and 1992, I raised attention to special conditions lease conditions fully prior to various of my supervisors and occasions. Peter Mann's honesty and integrity, even when he gave contrasting statements as to what was factual. I have been threatened with violence, that I would have my "face changed" that I would be "destroyed", that I would be "killed" I have been threatened with death, by phone and face to face. The basic concept is to use wooden beams rather than using stilts which a lot of DIY places sell these days which are normally plastic and do not support your weight to stand on.