From Australia
Sunday Mail (QLD)
SUN 31 OCT 2004, Page 040
Storm grows over psychiatric tests used against public servants - Doctor tells of medical 'hitmen'
By Daryl Passmore
QUEENSLAND public service managers are using mental health ‘hitmen’ to help
victimise staff, claims a leading Brisbane doctor.
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The Mercury Hobart
Edition 1 -THU 28 OCT 2004, Page 013
`Bullied' Scutt spur for apology demand
By LINDA SMITH
THE State Opposition has demanded an apology be given to former antidiscrimination commissioner Jocelynne Scutt for the bullying she received over the past five years. Opposition justice spokesman Michael Hodgman said he was shocked and saddened by Dr Scutt's detailed account of bullying and intimidation at the hands of the Government. The bullying was revealed in the Anti-Discrimination Commission's annual report tabled in State Parliament yesterday. Scutt_apology.PDF
Sunday Mail (QLD)
Psych tests dished out as punishment
DARYL PASSMORE
24oct04
COMPULSORY psychiatric tests are used by State Government bureaucrats to bully "difficult" employees, a leading workplace lawyer claims. Susan_Moriarty_S85.PDF
Sunday Times (WA)
SUN 19 SEP 2004, Page 004
Insurance doctor in spotlight
PSYCHIATRIST Zelko Mustac is facing a fresh probe into his work for
insurers. The WA Medical Board revealed this week that he faced two formal
inquiries. He is currently serving a six-month suspension after he was found guilty
of professional misconduct. WEST_AUSTRALIA_ONE.PDF
Sunday Times (WA)
19 SEP 2004, Page 004
Compo shot down
By JOHN FLINT
Governmenthas `hit men' fight claims
EXCLUSIVE
By JOHN FLINT
DODGY doctors with a track record of writing biased reports are routinely used by state government departments to reject injury claims. Millions of dollars are spent each year fighting physical injury and stress claims from public servants. WEST_AUSTRALIA_TWO.doc
The Age SAT 11 SEP 2004, Page L04
Dark arts of an office rat
By Carol Midgley
Don't be fooled by cosy management-speak about empowerment, teambuilding and synergy. Office politics is a brutal battlefield where the rat is the winner. Carol Midgley examines the rules for the modern office rodent STEP away from your desk a moment and take a long, hard look at your
boss. Hold that stare. Now dismiss any idea you might have that he or she is your ``friend'. No. Your boss, and any other work colleague for that matter, is not and
never can be your ally. Office_rat.PDF
Courier Mail (Qld)
SAT 06 SEP 2003, Page 025
Case against the affirmative
By Greg Roberts
A rush for gender balance on the Bench worries some about how judges are appointed, writes Greg Roberts
The state's former chief magistrate Di Fingleton is doing charity work in a halfway house as she serves a six-month jail sentence for threatening a witness. Fingleton tried to demote magistrate Basil Gribbin after he supported a judicial appeal by magistrate Anne Thacker against Fingleton's decision to transfer her. Public opinion regards the jailing of Hanson and Ettridge as manifestly unfair, though many lawyers arguethat the punishment fits the crime. Fingleton has won widespread sympathy for her predicament. FINGLETON.PDF
