CLAIMS there was a conspiracy to cover up child sex abuse at a Brisbane youth detention centre 20 years ago have been shot down by witnesses.
Queensland's child protection inquiry is examining the Heiner Affair, an inquiry into the management of the John Oxley Youth Detention Centre in the late 1980s.
That inquiry ended prematurely in March 1990 and on legal advice all evidence was destroyed, leading to claims there had been a cover-up of child sexual abuse at the centre.
But two inquiry assistants and two former John Oxley centre staff have told Tuesday's hearing that the investigation was never about child sexual abuse.
Barbara Flynn, who helped retired magistrate Noel Heiner interview staff, said the inquiries were about staff complaints of poor management and bullying.
When asked if staff had raised allegations of child sexual abuse, Ms Flynn said: "To my knowledge it wasn't mentioned."
Ten years after the inquiry, journalist Bruce Grundy approached Ms Flynn at her home, asking questions and accusing her of being involved in a cover-up of child sexual abuse at the centre.
"I was very upset about the allegation he made," she told the inquiry.
"It definitely wasn't true."
Another assistant, Jan Cosgrove, said she could not recall any allegations of sexual abuse and thought the inquiry went into concerns from security guards about the treatment of the child inmates.
A former youth worker at the centre, Sabina Konicanin, read out a written statement she made to the Heiner inquiry.
She claimed the style of management was unprofessional and staff were being victimised over minor misdemeanours.
"I also found some management techniques to be quite devious and calculating; heckling staff to gain information on other staff (and) bribing children to gain information," she said.
She said at no time was she asked, or did she talk about, child sexual abuse.
Former staffer Warren Christensen told the inquiry the same thing.
The current inquiry is the 11th into the Heiner Affair and resumes on Wednesday.
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