Corruption Matters - December 2015 | Issue 46
How’s the ICAC tracking?
The ICAC recently furnished its annual report for the 2014–15 year to the NSW Parliament. In that reporting period, we dealt with over 3,000 reports of suspected corruption, and commenced 42 new preliminary investigations and 14 new full operations. We also conducted 127 compulsory examinations and seven public inquiries, and delivered almost 200 anti-corruption presentations and workshops across the state. All in all, it was another busy year.
During 2014–15, the ICAC:
- received 3,146 matters and took, on average, 24 days to assess and close a matter, which is a 14% improvement on the average 28 days it took to deal with the 3,386 matters received in 2013–14
- completed 40 preliminary investigations and 11 operations
- completed 98% of preliminary investigations within the target 120 days
- conducted seven public inquiries over 64 days, and 127 compulsory examinations over 58 days
- completed and furnished five investigation reports to Parliament
- made corrupt conduct findings against 17 people, and recommended that the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions be sought with respect to the prosecution of 13 people for various offences
- delivered 194 anti-corruption presentations and training workshops across the state, reaching more than 5,300 people face-to-face
- managed 134 requests for corruption prevention advice
- published recommendations or outlined initiatives to help mitigate corruption risks in reports on the regulation of election funding, management of international university students, and invoice payments
- co-hosted the 10th National Investigations Symposium, which attracted 402 registered delegates
- recorded 781,591 external visitor sessions to the Commission’s website at www.icac.nsw.gov.au
- cooperated fully with three records inspections by the NSW Ombudsman and one records inspection by the Commonwealth Ombudsman
- completed the Commission’s office relocation to new premises at 255 Elizabeth Street in Sydney’s central business district.
The ICAC's Annual Report 2014–2015 and all previous annual reports be accessed from our website at www.icac.nsw.gov.au.