Corruption Matters - June 2015 - Issue 45

In other news

APSACC

One of the goals of the ICAC is to educate public sector agencies, public officials and members of the public about corruption and how to report it. Training workshops, rural outreach visits and other engagements are undertaken by ICAC staff throughout the year to achieve this goal.

Register now for APSACC

The early bird registration offer for the Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference (APSACC) closes on 14 July. APSACC is a biennial conference jointly run by the NSW ICAC, the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission and the Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission. This year, APSACC will take place between 17 and 19 November in Brisbane.

The APSACC 2015 program comprises keynote plenary sessions and four concurrent streams of presentations and panel discussions, delivered by senior practitioners, social commentators and academics in anti-corruption and related fields.

APSACC

The biennial Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference will take place in Brisbane from 17 to 19 November this year.

In addition to Dr Daniel Kaufmann, keynote speakers will include Lydia Cacho, journalist, author and human rights activist, who has campaigned in Mexico against official corruption and crime rings involved in child pornography, sexual tourism and trafficking of women. Kerry Schott, former managing director and CEO of Sydney Water and current chair of the Moorebank Intermodal Company Ltd, will also speak at APSACC this year. A full list of speakers is updated regularly on the APSACC website.

There is also a range of pre-conference workshops in which you can choose from half- and full-day classes on specialised topics. A concurrent exhibition manned by industry representatives also means that delegates can learn about new software, university courses and other developments.

Register here

Training for planning professionals

In the last financial year, the ICAC’s Corruption Prevention Division delivered 90 training workshops to over 1,760 people. These workshops are offered for free and are geared towards public sector managers and specialist staff. You can attend an open workshop or request ICAC staff to deliver an on-site workshop to staff at your agency.

“Corruption prevention for planning professionals” is a new, half-day workshop aimed at planning professionals, such as:

• urban and regional planners and managers involved in the assessment of development proposals, and designing planning policies and instruments

• professional staff involved in planning processes, such as building surveyors, certifiers and heritage officers.

The 3.5-hour workshop includes an overview of the nature of corruption and the types of conduct that could constitute corruption under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 and conduct that is required to be reported to the ICAC under s 11 of the act.

Details of all ICAC workshops are available on the website. For more information or to book an in-house session, send an email to workshops@icac.nsw.gov.au or call the ICAC training and development team on 02 8281 5729.

ICAC outreach

The ICAC recently hosted a series of events in Batemans Bay, as part of its ICAC’s Rural and Regional Outreach Program. ICAC staff met with community leaders, public officials and members of the public to provide practical corruption prevention information and advice, encourage the reporting of corrupt activities, and answer questions. The program included various training workshops, a community leaders’ breakfast and briefings for state and local government managers.

Batemans Bay Outreach

In April, ICAC’s Dr Robert Waldersee, Executive Director Corruption Prevention Division, was among the speakers at a community leaders’ breakfast in Batemans Bay.

back to menu page