Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ACT 2022 - SECT 21

21 Responsibilities for supporting a reframed relationship with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples

(1) Reframing entities, as providers of public services to the people of Queensland, have a unique role in supporting the State government in reframing its relationship with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

(2) Reframing entities fulfil the role by—

(a) recognising and honouring Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples of Queensland; and

(b) engaging in truth-telling about the shared history of all Australians; and

(c) recognising the importance to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the right to self-determination; and

(d) promoting cultural safety and cultural capability at all levels of the public sector; and

(e) working in partnership with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples to actively promote, include and act in a way that aligns with their perspectives, in particular when making decisions directly affecting them; and

(f) ensuring the workforce and leadership of the entities are reflective of the community they serve, having regard to chapter 2 and chapter 3 , part 3 ; and

(g) promoting a fair and inclusive public sector that supports a sense of dignity and belonging for Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and

(h) supporting the aims, aspirations and employment needs of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the need for their greater involvement in the public sector.

(3) The chief executive of a reframing entity is responsible for ensuring the entity fulfils the role.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that—

(a) an act or decision is not invalid merely because a person fails to comply with this section; and

(b) nothing in this section creates in a person a legal right or gives rise to a civil cause of action.