A senior police officer who was filmed unleashing an explosive rant aimed at a top Queensland cop after a mental health event has been booted from the police force.
A public nuisance charge against Senior Constable James Treanor was dropped at the first day of trial over the expletive-ridden tirade outside the Broadbeach Bowls Club on the Gold Coast on March 20 2019.
Video footage of the incident shows the officer calling Assistant Commissioner Brian Wilkins a c smoker and a coward with a court also hearing he threatened to blow his brains out .
However, police bosses still used the incident, in which he can be seen offering other officers to take his gun, as grounds to demote him, costing him $10,000 in pay, and to forcibly transfer him.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Source: AAP/Darren England.
An upcoming review of Queensland’s industrial relations laws will consider stronger protections for people who have experienced workplace sexual harassment, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Monday.
Palaszczuk said the review would include extensive consultation with unions and other stakeholders, and would “dovetail” with the state government’s response to the recommendations of the national [email protected] report.
“Our industrial protections must keep pace with the changing shape of work to ensure everyone gets a fair go. And as recent events have shown, sexual harassment and gender inequity in the workplace is a pressing issue that needs addressing,” she said.
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Sexual harassment protections for workers will be investigated as part of a review of Queensland’s industrial relations laws.
Speaking at Labour Day celebrations at Barcaldine in central Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Queensland’s worker safety net was due for review.
“Our industrial protections must keep pace with the changing shape of work to ensure everyone gets a fair go,” the Premier said.
“And as recent events have shown, sexual harassment and gender inequity in the workplace is a pressing issue that needs addressing.
“Our review of the Industrial Relations Act will investigate industrial protections for workers subjected to sexual harassment, including the independent Queensland Industrial Relations Commission having the power to make anti-sexual harassment orders.
Ms Myers was warned if she continued to be non-compliant her case “may be dismissed”.
In an email on March 14, 2021 she wrote: “To dismiss this file would give high schools in Queensland a ticket to continue bullying and harassing teachers from a different race/colour.”
Extractions from her email were included in the judgment. Mackay Northern Beaches State High School.
“I would like Education Queensland to pay for the damages they caused to my mental state of mind, banning me from working in any state school in Queensland, thus damaging me financially too.
“I had no means of getting work in a primary setting, I could not leave Queensland as borders were closed due to Covid.