Ex Victorian public servant Darrell Fraser convicted of fraud News A former deputy secretary of the Victorian Department of Education and Training has been sentenced to a two-year community correction order and 300 hours of
Premium Columnists Richard Bolt on dealing with corruption when it's in your own executive. Why it happens, and what he learned about the duty to protect the agency August 6, 2019 By Richard Bolt Editors' Picks RICHARD BOLT: THE COALFACE As a public sector leader, you must be able to hold two apparently contradictory thoughts at the same time – that
Ultranet: former VIC deputy secretary Darrell Fraser charged May 22, 2018 By David Donaldson Education Former deputy secretary at the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Darrell Fraser has been charged over his role in the failed software
The man behind the $1m Ultranet payment: 'I saw it as my only option' March 17, 2016 By David Donaldson News The final day of the Victorian Education Department corruption inquiry heard former deputy secretary Darrell Fraser argue that secretly funneling $1 million to prop up Ultranet contracting company
Fraser 'broke every fucking rule' for the best reason, IBAC hears March 16, 2016 By David Donaldson News Colourful language and pointed character assessments featured at the penultimate day of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission hearing into the Victorian Education Department’s doomed Ultranet software
IBAC rejects private hearing request: 'a deterrent to others' March 11, 2016 By David Donaldson News Victoria’s anti-corruption commissioner has rejected a bid by the man at the centre of the inquiry into the Education Department to have his examination heard in
CSG reviewed Ultranet; Darrell Fraser is 'going to go to jail' March 4, 2016 By David Donaldson News Former Victorian Education Department deputy secretary Darrell Fraser was worried his “life is ruined and he’s going to go to jail” claimed Stephen Birrell, a senior
Education bureaucrat's wife bought contractor shares March 2, 2016 By David Donaldson News The anti-corruption inquiry into Victoria’s Education Department has heard from another former employee who owned shares in a contractor, as well as a consultant being given the job
'Stockholm syndrome' facilitated corruption, IBAC hears March 1, 2016 By David Donaldson News Both a culture of integrity and effective oversight processes are needed to prevent corruption in government agencies. Hearings at the anti-corruption inquiry into the Victorian
'Shocked into silence': Education 'oppressive' on Ultranet February 24, 2016 By David Donaldson News A former project manager has told of the Victorian Department of Education’s “oppressive”, blokey atmosphere and how human resources thought she was a “nutter” for
Dep sec 'propped up' tenderer of Victoria's Ultranet February 23, 2016 By David Donaldson News Further evidence of alleged corruption in Victoria’s Education Department has emerged at ongoing anti-corruption hearings, including that a deputy secretary inappropriately favoured the ultimately successful
