Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Annual Report 2018-19

Table 20: Disclosures about buildings owned or controlled by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Cranbourne Gardens
Melbourne Gardens
Building permits issued 2 7
Occupancy Permits / Final Certificates
of Compliance issued
2 4, 2 x pending
Emergency and building orders issued Nil Nil
Compliance with the Protected
Disclosure Act 2012
The Protected Disclosure Act 2012 (PD
Act) enables people to make disclosures
about improper conduct by public officers
and public bodies. The PD Act aims to
ensure openness and accountability by
encouraging people to make disclosures
and protecting them when they do.
What is a ‘Protected Disclosure’?
A protected disclosure is a complaint of
corrupt or improper conduct by a public
officer or a public body. The Royal Botanic
Gardens Board Victoria is a ‘public body’
for the purposes of the Act.
What is ‘Improper or Corrupt
Conduct’?
Improper or corrupt conduct involves
substantial:
Mismanagement of public resources,
or risk to public health or safety or the
environment, or corruption
The conduct must be criminal in nature
or a matter for which an officer could be
dismissed.
How do I make a ‘Protected
Disclosure’?
You can make a protected disclosure
about the Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Victoria or its board members, officers or
employees by contacting the Independent
Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission
on the contact details provided on this
page. Please note that the Royal Botanic
Gardens Board Victoria is not able to
receive protected disclosures.
How can I access the Royal
Botanic Gardens Board Victoria’s
procedures for the protection of
persons from detrimental action?
The Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria
has established procedures for the
protection of persons from detrimental
action in reprisal for making a protected
disclosure about the Royal Botanic
Gardens Board Victoria or its employees.
You can access the Royal Botanic Gardens
Board Victoria’s procedures on its website
at: www.rbg.vic.gov.au/Protected_
Disclosure_Procedure.
Contacts
The Protected Disclosure Officers
are:
Catherine Gallagher Protected Disclosure
Officer, Melbourne Gardens, Royal Botanic
Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Private Bag
2000, South Yarra, Victoria, 3141 Phone:
(03) 9252 2457
Lynn Klavins Protected Disclosure Officer,
Cranbourne Gardens, Royal Botanic
Gardens Victoria, 1000 Ballarto Road,
Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Phone: (03)
5990 2243.
Independent Broad-Based Anti-
Corruption Commission (IBAC)
Victoria
Address: Level 1, North Tower,
459 Collins Street,
Melbourne Victoria 3000.
Mail: IBAC, GPO Box 24234,
Melbourne Victoria 3001.
Internet: ibac.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1300 735 135
Email: see the website above for the
secure email disclosure process, which
also provides for anonymous disclosures.
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