Labor would at least match the Coalition’s commitment to spend $104.5 million over four years on a federal anti-corruption commission, and while 80% of Australians… Read More
Victoria's independent anti-corruption agency has declined to investigate four department heads over a government advertising campaign, instead passing a complaint from the opposition on to the Public Sector Commission. Read More
Two thirds of Logan City Council face criminal charges over their decision to dump CEO Sharon Kelsey at the end of her probationary period. It's only latest twist in a tale that began soon after she moved north from Melbourne in mid-2017 to take up the role. Read More
The Victorian opposition wants four department heads, including the head of the public service, investigated by the state corruption watchdog over their roles in authorising… Read More
This year Australia’s leading anti-corruption event, the Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference, will be held in Melbourne in October. Read More
Public servants with a dodgy past are being 'recycled' between departments thanks to inadequate recruitment checks, warns Victoria's corruption watchdog. Read More
A significant number of random breath tests conducted by Victoria Police in recent years have been fake, in an example of the potential for perverse incentives in key performance indicators. Read More
Former deputy secretary at the Victorian Department of Education Darrell Fraser has been charged over his role in the failed software project Ultranet. Read More
Victoria's Department of Education and Training has introduced stronger, more centralised controls over procurement, conflicts of interest and IT following IBAC's Ultranet corruption inquiry. Read More
Only around a quarter of Victorians know how or where to report public sector corruption, a new survey suggests, and about 40% believe there are typically "personal costs" for those who do. Read More
More than $2.4 million in assets has been returned to the public purse following an IBAC investigation. Read More
A $2.2 million vocational training "scam" occurred thanks to a lack of oversight by the TAFEs outsourcing the work, Victoria's anti-corruption agency has found. Read More
Almost half of Victoria Police employees worry they would suffer personal repercussions for reporting internal corruption, research released by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission has found. Read More
The Victorian government has made appointments to two of the state's top integrity positions, and named its first Aboriginal Water Commissioner. Read More
Politicians meeting with organised crime figures is a sure sign that government has been impacted in some way, says an Italian corruption expert who has researched the mafia in Australia. Read More
