The Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption received 230 more allegations of corruption and misconduct last financial year than it expected – making a total of 530 – but only had seven investigations on foot as of June 30, while the ICAC Inspector appears to have relied solely on the office’s annual report to monitor its work over the year, raising questions about what was achieved under two acting commissioners for the last year.

The annual report also highlights repeated ongoing failures of government departments to implement recommendations made by the OICAC, while the commissioner had to escalate one referred matter to an unnamed minister after a department’s CEO did not implement recommendations from a review, but it does not appear anyone was held accountable.

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