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
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
Victoria's corruption watchdog has released a new instalment in its series of reports on local government, which aims to show council administrators what a good integrity framework looks like. Read More
A lack of progress on corruption demonstrates the need for a federal anti-corruption commission, international watchdog argues. Read More
Poor conflict of interest management, bribery and fraudulent reporting are some of the key risks regulatory agencies face, says 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
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
Northern Territory Attorney-General Natasha Fyles has made it clear that "restoring trust in government" is a key goal for the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, which is expected to be running by mid-year, while Victoria hopes its own integrity reforms can have a similar effect. Read More
COMMENT: A new federal watchdog is the only concrete idea on the table that confronts declining public trust in government. The APS would have to adapt to a new reality where there is more chance of dirty laundry being aired, but would that be such a bad thing? Read More
We're not even halfway through January and the drums are beating for a federal ICAC louder than ever. The ACT is next in line, and federal parliamentarians could well make a move of their own before the year is out. Read More
There's a lot of hope that more collaborative ways of developing public policy can vastly improve outcomes but these approaches are nothing without ministerial support. Public trust also requires authenticity, so don't say it's co-design if it isn't. 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
NSW Supreme Court judge Peter Hall has been named ICAC's first chief commissioner as it moves ahead with a new organisational structure he doesn't really agree with. Read More
Most experts agree a new 'federal ICAC' would need the power to expose corruption publicly. Two legal scholars have surveyed the integrity landscape to foster discussion about what such a watchdog should look like, and suggest there are gaps it could fill at Commonwealth level. Read More
