Terms of Reference
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On 1 April
2004 the Senate
agreed that a Select Committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the
Lindeberg Grievance, be appointed to inquire into and report, by 5
October 2004, on
the following matters:
(a)
whether any false or misleading evidence was given to
the Select Committee on Public Interest Whistleblowing, the Select Committee on
Unresolved Whistleblower Cases or the Committee of Privileges in respect of the
matters considered in its 63rd and 71st reports; and
whether any contempt was committed in that regard, having regard to previous
inquiries by Senate committees relating to the shredding of the Heiner
documents, the fresh material that has subsequently been revealed by the Dutney
Memorandum, and Exhibits 20 and 31 tabled at the Forde Commission of Inquiry
into the Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions, and any other relevant
evidence; and
(b)
the implications of this matter for measures which should
be taken:
(i)
to prevent the destruction and concealment by
government of information which should be available in the public interest,
(ii)
in relation to the protection of children from abuse,
and
(iii)
for the appropriate protection of whistleblowers.