ACT Integrity Commission

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ACT Integrity Commission
Commission overview
Formed1 July 2019;5 years ago (2019-07-01)
JurisdictionAustralian Capital Territory
Employees
  • 23 (2022–2023) [1]
    20 (2021–2022) [2]
Annual budget
  • $5.8 million (2022–2023) [1]
  • $4.6 million (2021–2022) [2]
Commission executives
  • Michael Adams, Integrity Commissioner
  • Judy Lind, Chief Executive Officer
Key documents
Website www.integrity.act.gov.au

The ACT Integrity Commission is an agency of the Australian Capital Territory government established in 2019 to deal with complaints about misconduct in the ACT public sector. [3]

Contents

History

In 2018 the Barr Labor-Green government passed the "Integrity Commission Act 2018 (ACT)" which established ACT's Integrity Commission, with a commencement date of 1 July 2018. [4]

Reviews

The ACT Integrity Commission announced that it found the former chief executive of the Canberra Institute of Technology, Leanne Cover, guilty of serious corrupt conduct for failing to consult with the board about a series of multi-million-dollar contracts. [5]

Criticism

The Commission was criticised for not investigating the vast majority of the reports it received. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). ACT Integrity Commission. 30 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 2021–22 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). ACT Integrity Commission. 30 June 2022.
  3. "Our role". ACT Integrity Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. "Integrity Commission Act 2018". ACT Legislation Register. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. Twyford, Lottie; Byrne, Elizabeth (27 June 2024). "Former CIT CEO guilty of 'serious corrupt conduct' after awarding of multi-million-dollar contracts, ACT Integrity Commission finds". ABC. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. Moore, Michael (2 May 2023). "What's the integrity commission up to? Not much". ABC. Retrieved 14 July 2024.