Is this a matter for ICAC?

There are many agencies in NSW and Australia which handle a wide range of information and complaints. To help you determine whether your matter should be reported to the ICAC or another agency, please check the following list of common information/complaint areas, and follow the link to the most appropriate agency to contact.

Go to the links below to see the list of relevant agencies:

• Government departments and public servants
• Local government (councils)
• Police
• Discrimination, disability or harassment
• Judicial officers and lawyers
• Other

Please note: The following links are to other web sites and clicking on them will open a new browser window. To return to this web site, minimise or close the new browser window.

Government departments and public servants:

• NSW Ombudsman for maladministration
• The Audit Office of NSW for serious and substantial waste
• Service NSW links to all the web sites of NSW government agencies

Local government (councils):

• Department of Local Government
• NSW Ombudsman

Police:

• NSW Police Service
• Police Integrity Commission: For complaints about the conduct of police officers. Note: The ICAC does have jurisdiction over non-sworn officers.

Phone: (02) 9321 6700
Address: Level 3, St James Centre
111 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000

GPO Box 3880
Sydney NSW 2001

www.police.nsw.gov.au

• Police Integrity Commission Inspector: The Police Integrity Commission Inspector oversees the legality and propriety of the operations and activities of the Police Integrity Commission and any complaint of misconduct on the part of its officers.

Address: PO Box A150
Sydney South NSW 1235
Phone: (02) 9261 4505

www.pic.nsw.gov.au

Discrimination, disability or harassment:

• Anti-Discrimination Board handles enquiries or complaints about discrimination or harassment on a range of grounds including sex, disability and race
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission administers federal legislation in the area of human rights, anti-discrimination and privacy

Judicial officers and lawyers:

• Judicial Commission of NSW examines complaints about judicial officers
• Office of the Legal Services Commissioner examines complaints about solicitors and barristers

Other:

Other agencies that help resolve complaints, accept information or provide assistance in a range of areas are listed on the Links page of this site. For example, they include, the Health Care Complaints Commission, the Community Services Commission, the Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

For further information on who to report a particular matter to, contact the ICAC on (02) 8281 5999 or 1800 463 909 (toll free outside metropolitan Sydney)