A whistleblower who leaked attendance data highlighting an outback school's truancy crisis is preparing to appeal a punishment imposed by Western Australia's Department of Education.
In the latest twist in the long-running saga, Brock Burston has launched a GoFundMe page to help fund his appeal to the WA Industrial Relations Commission.
A directions hearing on March 3 will take place before the Public Service Appeal Board, which hears cases publicly unless there are special circumstances.
The Kununurra resident said on the GoFundMe page that he was fighting a punishment handed down by the department last year, after mediation failed.
"The director general delivered her outcome and penalty, which called for my family's immediate transfer out of the Kimberley region. I was to be relocated to an unspecified location for an unspecified time in a supernumerary position," he said.
"Shortly after, I lodged an appeal with the West Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
"Being reasonable, I agreed to engage in the mediation process. I represented myself, having exhausted my legal funds."
The sequence of events leading to the appeal began in late 2020 when Mr Burston was an Education Department participation coordinator in the East...
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