153Minimum content for Member Standards of Conduct

153 Minimum content for Member Standards of Conduct

The Member Standards of Conduct must include the following as a minimum—

(a) that a member of the First Peoples' Assembly, a Nyerna Yoorrook Telkuna member or a Nginma Ngainga Wara member must not victimise or harass any other Gellung Warl official;

(b) that a member of the First Peoples' Assembly, a Nyerna Yoorrook Telkuna member or a Nginma Ngainga Wara member must not engage in conduct that is sexual harassment of any other Gellung Warl official;

(c) that a member of the First Peoples' Assembly, a Nyerna Yoorrook Telkuna member or a Nginma Ngainga Wara member must not misuse the member's position—

(i) to gain or attempt to gain, directly or indirectly, an advantage for the member or for any other person; or

(ii) to cause, or attempt to cause, detriment to Gellung Warl or another person;

(d) that a member of the First Peoples' Assembly, a Nyerna Yoorrook Telkuna member or a Nginma Ngainga Wara member must not improperly direct, or seek to direct, the Chief Executive Officer or a Gellung Warl staff member in the carrying out of the Chief Executive Officer's or the staff member's duties or functions;

(e) that a member of the First Peoples' Assembly, a Nyerna Yoorrook Telkuna member or a Nginma Ngainga Wara member must not disclose restricted information or culturally sensitive or culturally secret information in contravention of this Act or the internal rules;

(f) procedures for handling and dealing with information in accordance with this Act, any other Act or the internal rules;

(g) procedures for avoiding and managing conflicts of interest;

(h) procedures for the disclosure of personal interests;

(i) procedures for lodging personal interest disclosure returns with the Chief Executive Officer at specified times or specified intervals;

(j) a member gift policy that contains—

(i) a requirement to disclose all gifts above a specified amount or of a specified type; and

Cultural gifts.

(ii) a requirement that anonymous gifts cannot be accepted; and

(iii) a requirement that disclosed gifts must be recorded in a gift register; and

(iv) procedures relating to the disclosure of gifts.