Ongoing theatre of the absurd! Recruitment cost of $52K suggests private sector involvement. Which company was involved, how much were they paid, were expressions of interest called? Was Shoyer the selection panel’s initial choice? What was the role of the CM’s CEO on the selection panel? Why can’t the remuneration of each member of the troika be placed on the public record in the public interest.Anyone see the irony in a questionable process for appointment of positions on the Territory’s highest integrity body? All of this should be referred to the Integrity and Ethic’s Commission – after it develops its conflict of interest policy of course.
I note with interest the following comments in relation to this new organisation whereby a number of Territorians may consider this new organisation to be a “monolith” as reported by the ABC online story –
” On Tuesday morning, the Centre for Public Integrity said the IEC’s establishment would “not solve the NT’s integrity crisis”.
“Instead, by merging the ombudsman, anti-corruption commission, and health complaints commission into a ‘super-commission’, they risk making it worse,'” it said in a statement.
Transparency International Australia chief executive Clancy Moore said combining the four agencies together created “obvious risks around conflict of interests and political interference”.
“The NT CLP Finocchiaro government must put the bill under the microscope of a parliamentary inquiry and include important guardrails to enshrine the agency’s independence, deal with conflict of interests and ensure appointments are based on merit with transparent selection criteria,” he said.
Ongoing theatre of the absurd! Recruitment cost of $52K suggests private sector involvement. Which company was involved, how much were they paid, were expressions of interest called? Was Shoyer the selection panel’s initial choice? What was the role of the CM’s CEO on the selection panel? Why can’t the remuneration of each member of the troika be placed on the public record in the public interest.Anyone see the irony in a questionable process for appointment of positions on the Territory’s highest integrity body? All of this should be referred to the Integrity and Ethic’s Commission – after it develops its conflict of interest policy of course.
I note with interest the following comments in relation to this new organisation whereby a number of Territorians may consider this new organisation to be a “monolith” as reported by the ABC online story –
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/nt-integrity-and-ethic-commissioner-established-icac-parliament/106051172
” On Tuesday morning, the Centre for Public Integrity said the IEC’s establishment would “not solve the NT’s integrity crisis”.
“Instead, by merging the ombudsman, anti-corruption commission, and health complaints commission into a ‘super-commission’, they risk making it worse,'” it said in a statement.
Transparency International Australia chief executive Clancy Moore said combining the four agencies together created “obvious risks around conflict of interests and political interference”.
“The NT CLP Finocchiaro government must put the bill under the microscope of a parliamentary inquiry and include important guardrails to enshrine the agency’s independence, deal with conflict of interests and ensure appointments are based on merit with transparent selection criteria,” he said.