Oversight and Compliance – Integrity Commission

We use oversight and compliance (O and C) to assist organisations in managing misconduct and to achieve our objectives under the Integrity Commission Act 2009.

A detailed paper describing our planned O and C Program for 1 July 2023 to 20 June 2026 can be found here (PDF, 726.5 KB).

O and C assists both our investigative and educational functions. It helps us understand an organisation’s processes and its capacity to manage misconduct matters. It informs how we educate and engage with organisations to help prevent future misconduct. It also helps us understand misconduct risks and trends in the public sector.

O and C involves monitoring and reviewing the outcomes of misconduct matters, including:

referred complaints, including those that we have assessed and investigated (complaints about alleged misconduct may be made in writing, and we may refer them to relevant organisations)
own-motion investigations (OMIs – investigations of our own initiative, not complaints)
notifications and police notifications (formal notices from organisations about matters that may involve misconduct and that the organisation will manage)
information reports (reports of possible misconduct that are not complaints or notifications)
projects (including preliminary research to help decide whether an OMI is needed), and
public reports and recommendations.

As well as monitoring and reviewing the outcomes of misconduct matters, O and C can also involve:

monitoring registers, including the Parliamentary Register of Interests
conducting audits
research reports, and
OMIs into policies, practices and procedures.

Our annual reports describe our O and C work since 2021-22. We also sometimes publish reports on our audits and OMIs, alongside our Triannual Report, which provides statistics on our operations and engagement.

The information sheets below include more information on: