The four-month review,by former Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake AO,has called on the government to shed searing light on its decision-making processes by releasing cabinet documents within 30 days.
Coaldrake found a public service kneecapped by an overreliance on contractors and consultants,a “trivialising” ofparliamentary committees,along with an internal culture “too tolerant” of bullying and dominated by short-term political thinking.
TitledLet The Sunshine In,the report stems from 327 submissions and almost 100 meetings. It makes 14 recommendations,accepted in full by the government,including calls for unparallelled cabinet transparency and a central “clearing house” for complaints.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the government would accept all of its recommendations.
“They are bold,they are comprehensive and they are visionary,and they are exactly what I want,” she said,before channelling former premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen successor Mike Ahern’s words in pledging to act onrecommendations of the Fitzgerald Inquiry.
“The report will go to cabinet on Monday and we will begin work on implementing these sweeping reforms lock,stock and barrel.”