Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 (LEIC Act), s. 3.

[2]        House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 11, 13 October 2016, p. 214; Journals of the Senate, 7 November 2015, No. 12, p. 383.

[3]        See sections 18, 19 and 23 of LEIC Act.

[4]        Certificates issued under section 149 relate to the Attorney-General's ability under the LEIC Act to certify that disclosure of information or document contents would be contrary to the public interest on one or more grounds. These include, but are not limited to: prejudicing the security, defence or international relations of the Commonwealth; or the disclosure of ministerial communications or relations between the Commonwealth and states and territories.

[5]        Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI), Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015-16, pp 110–114.

[6]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015-16, pp 110–114.

[7]        PJC-ACLEI, Examination of the Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2010-11, p. 2.

[8]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015-16, p. 114.

Chapter 2 - Strategy and performance

[1]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 4.

[2]        The functions of the Integrity Commissioner are listed in section 15 of the LEIC Act.

[3]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 7.

[4]        ACLEI, Annual report statistics corrections, p. 3, https://www.aclei.gov.au/sites/g/files/net846/f/aclei_2015-16_areport_corrections.pdf (accessed 29 September 2017).

[5]        ACLEI, Annual report statistics corrections, 23 June 2017, p. 3.

[6]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 32.

[7]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[8]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[9]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[10]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[11]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[12]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[13]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[14]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 33.

[15]      Mr Michael Griffin AM, Integrity Commissioner, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 2.

[16]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 31.

[17]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 31.

[18]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), pp 5–6.

[19]      Mr Michael Griffin AM, Integrity Commissioner, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 4.

[20]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 31.

[21]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 31.

[22]      Now known as the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) (since 1 July 2016).

[23]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 31.

[24]      Commonwealth of Australia, Attorney-General’s Portfolio Budget Statements 2015–16: Budget Related Paper No. 1.2, p. 98.

[25]      Commonwealth of Australia, Attorney-General’s Portfolio Budget Statements 2015–16: Budget Related Paper No. 1.2, pp 98–99.

[26]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 25.

[27]      Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006, s. 19.

[28]      During the reporting period, these provisions were contained in section 8 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Regulations 2006. The provisions are now contained in section 7 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Regulations 2017.

[29]      Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006, ss. 18 and 23.

[30]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 25 (see Corrections to statistics, https://www.aclei.gov.au/sites/g/files/net846/f/annual-reports/2015-16/annual-report-2015-2016/corrections.html).

[31]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 25 (see Corrections to statistics).

[32]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 25 (see Corrections to statistics).

[33]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 25.

[34]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 26 (see amended statistics).

[35]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 26.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 5.

[37]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 4.

[38]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 4.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 5.

[40]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), pp 4–5.

[41]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 5.

[42]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 27.

[43]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 27.

[44]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 27.

[45]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 92.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 2.

[47]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 27.

[48]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 27.

[49]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 5.

[50]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 5.

[51]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 28.

[52]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 28.

[53]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 28.

[54]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 28.

[55]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 28.

[56]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 28.

[57]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 28.

[58]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 29.

[59]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 29.

[60]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 29; see ACLEI, Corruption prevention, https://www.aclei.gov.au/corruption-prevention (accessed 22 September 2017).

[61]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 29.

[62]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 30.

[63]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 30.

[64]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 95.

[65]      Part 12 of the LEIC Act addresses how ACLEI corruption issues are to be dealt with, including notification of the minister and the appointment of a special investigator.

[66]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 95.

[67]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 30.

[68]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 30.

[69]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 30.

[70]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 30.

[71]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 6.

Chapter 3 - Key issues

[1]        ACLEI, Annual report statistics corrections, p. 3, https://www.aclei.gov.au/sites/g/files/net846/f/aclei_2015-16_areport_corrections.pdf (accessed 29 September 2017).

[2]        Mr Michael Griffin AM, Integrity Commissioner, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 2.

[3]        Mr Michael Griffin AM, Integrity Commissioner, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 4.

[4]        Mr Michael Griffin AM, Integrity Commissioner, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 4.

[5]        ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 1.

[6]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, pp 8–10; Senator Bridget McKenzie, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 5.

[7]        ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 1.

[8]        ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 1.

[9]        ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 32.

[10]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 32.

[11]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), pp 5–6.

Commissioner, 21 March 2016, p. 1.

[13]      Mr Craig Furry, Director Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer, ACLEI, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, pp 5–6.

[14]      ACLEI, Answers to questions on notice, 11 July 2017 (received 14 August 2017), p. 2.

[15]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. iv.

[16]      Committee Hansard, 11 July 2017, p. 3. 

[17]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 20.

[18]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 20.

[19]      Operation Swan examined alleged criminal conduct by staff in the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources and resulted in the restraint of alleged proceeds of crime worth approximately $1 million by the Victoria Police. See ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 15.

[20]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 21. 

[21]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 21.

[22]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 21.

[23]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 21.

[24]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 22.

[25]      ACLEI, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2015–16, p. 96.