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 The Queensland Ombudsman’s report on The Hendra Virus Report: An investigation into agency responses to Hendra virus incidents between January 2006 and December 2009 was tabled in Parliament on Thursday 3 November 2011.
Links to media materials can be found on the right side of this page.
Executive Summary
The Hendra Virus Report Executive Summary (PDF 266k)
Full Report
The Hedra Virus Report (PDF format 3MB)
PDFs by section
Click the links below to download individual sections of the report.
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Front Section |
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Front cover, Letter to the speaker, Foreword, Table of contents, Dictionary and abbreviations, Executive summary (PDF 794kb) |
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Chapter 1 |
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Introduction: Background, Own initiative investigation (PDF 104kb) |
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Chapter 2 |
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About the Ombudsman and investigations: Jurisdiction, Agencies involved in responding to the Hendra virus incidents, Procedure for gathering evidence, Standard of proof and sufficiency of evidence, Procedural fairness, Responses received, Identification of individuals, Publication of report (PDF 194kb) |
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Chapter 3
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Hendra virus in animals: Description of Hendra virus in animals, Testing for Hendra virus in horses, Summary of relevant Hendra virus incidents (PDF 266kb) |
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Chapter 4 |
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Hendra virus in humans: Description of Hendra virus in humans, Testing for Hendra virus in humans (PDF 124kb) |
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Chapter 5 |
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Testing for Hendra virus in horses: Access to testing, Accuracy of testing, Confirmation testing, The 2007 Peachester incident, Other issues (PDF 300kb) |
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Chapter 6 |
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Overview of incident management: Legislative and policy framework, Structure of responses to incidents, Description of Hendra virus responses (PDF 243kb) |
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Chapter 7 |
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Analysis of QPIF response: Use of legislation and policy, Issues relating to health and safety, Issues relating to quarantines, QPIF‘s response generally (PDF 680kb) |
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Chapter 8 |
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Destruction of sero-positive horses: The legislative basis for destruction, The policy basis for destruction, Outline of previous cases, Analysis of QPIF response (PDF 515kb) |
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Chapter 9 |
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Ex gratia payments: Introduction, Legislation, The first 2008 ex gratia payment, The second 2008 ex gratia payment, The 2009 ex gratia payment, Use of a third party trust fund to receive the payments, Reporting of the 2008 ex gratia payments, Whole-of-government position on ex gratia payments (PDF 516kb) |
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Chapter 10 |
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Previous reviews and reports into Hendra virus responses: The 2006 Perkins Report, The 2008 Perkins Report, The 2009 Perkins Report, Other matters relating to the reviews, After action reviews, Other reviews (PDF 368kb) |
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Chapter 11 |
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Record-keeping and information management systems: Record-keeping, Information management systems (PDF 141kb) |
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Chapter 12 |
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Communication: Communication by QPIF, Communication by the VSB, Inconsistent approaches between agencies, Interagency communication, Involvement of local councils (PDF 408kb) |
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Chapter 13 |
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Human health concerns: Policies and response structure, Overview of QH‘s response, Analysis of QH‘s responses to Hendra virus (PDF 398kb) |
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Chapter 14 |
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Workplace health and safety issues: Involvement of WHSQ in Hendra virus incidents, Adequacy of Redlands investigation (PDF 286kb) |
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