REVIEW DECISION

SUPPLIMENTARY DECISION

Application to review DISMISSAL –– s.146(1)(m) of the Victoria Police Act 2013 –– Decision to dismiss made under section 136 after convictions for common law assault and attempt to pervert the course of justice –– Applicant was serving 12 month prison sentence –– Board bound to apply findings of Court, and concluded dismissal  was not harsh unjust or unreasonable –– for welfare reasons, Board  determined to not publish decision until Applicant released from custody ––Supreme Court overturned conviction, substitute acquittal ––  Applicant seeks that Board’s decision not published as ‘premised on erroneous findings of fact’ –– legal proceedings widely publicised –– section 154A requires Board to publish a statement of reasons for decision unless satisfied that publication would not be in the public interest –– Board not satisfied that non-publication would be in the public interest, Applicant’s concerns able to be addressed by an addendum to the Decision.