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Integrity Commission (Tasmania)

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294:, said that there is "snowball's chance in hell that this government will move to reform and strengthen the Integrity Commission in Tasmania" and Cassy O'Connor said "It has been in the Gutwein Government's interest to keep the Integrity Commission enfeebled, to make sure that it doesn't bare its teeth" 283:
published a report critical of the Commission finding that it ranked poorly in a number of areas and is one of the weakest anti-corruption bodies in Australia. The author of the report argued that public hearings are needed to demonstrate that justice is being done and noted that there had been no
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public hearings since the founding of the Commission. They also noted that there had been references to the Integrity Commission during the last 2 election campaigns that were unable to be investigated as rules prevent the investigation of elected members once an election campaign is underway.
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The fact that our integrity body, the Integrity Commission, is having to refer complaints back to the department that the complaint is made about will send a shudder down the spine of public servants who want to blow the whistle about potential bad practices or misconduct within their
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was appointed to conduct the review in November 2015 and it was presented in May 2016. This review made 55 recommendations of which 49 remained unimplemented in March 2022.
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passed the "Integrity Commission Act 2009 (Tas)" which established Tasmania's Integrity Commission, with a commencement date of 1 October 2010.
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Pursuant to section 107 of the legislation covering the Commission, a 5 year review of the operation of the Commission is required.
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The commission reported receiving 126 complaints in their 2016–17 annual report and 193 complaints in their 2017–18 report.
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In 2015 the Joint Standing Committee on Integrity of the Tasmanian Parliament completed a review of the Commission.
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was chief of the Commission from 2010 to 2015. When he stepped down, Kellam was critical of the
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established in 2010 to deal with complaints about public sector misconduct.
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Responding to the Kellam's comments when he left the commission in 2015,
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for failing to create the offence of misconduct in public office.
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Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
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Baines, Richard; Whitson, Rhiana (27 February 2018).
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Index

Hobart, Tasmania
Greg Melick
Integrity Commission Act 2009 (Tas)
www.integrity.tas.gov.au
integrity agency
Bartlett Labor government
Murray Kellam
Tasmanian Government
Greg Melick
William Cox
Governor of Tasmania
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of Tasmania
Lara Giddings
Tasmanian Greens
Cassy O'Connor
SC
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
New South Wales
The Australia Institute
Kristie Johnston
Division of Clark


Integrity Commission Annual Review 2020–21
eISSN
2204-6119
ISSN
2204-6100

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