House debates
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Committees
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity Committee; Report
9:05 am
Russell Matheson (Macarthur, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity I the present the committee's report on the examination of the annual report of the Integrity Commissioner 2012-13.
Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.
by leave—The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, ACLEI, is responsible for preventing, detecting and investigating serious and systemic corruption issues in Australia's law enforcement agencies. ACLEI's annual report details the priorities in 2012-13, including: Operation Heritage Marker, a highly successful investigation that required the input of multiple agencies as well as a pilot surveillance provided by the Australian Crime Commission; preparations to add the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, CrimTrac and parts of the Department of Agriculture to the Integrity Commissioner's jurisdiction; the establishment of two separate branches in ACLEI, consisting of strategic and secretariat and operations; and also the simplification of recruitment procedures for applicants, in addition to the establishment of an interstate office.
The committee notes that ACLEI largely met its KPIs for 2012-13. The committee congratulates the Integrity Commissioner and ACLEI officers for the quality and readability of the 2012-13 annual report and for their cooperation and engagement during this inquiry.
In this regard the committee notes that ACLEI received the bronze award in the Small FMA Agency hard copy category for its annual report from the Institute of Public Administration Australia 2012-13 Annual Report Awards. The awards recognise best practice in public sector annual reports.
Finally, the committee notes that the 2012-13 annual report marks the last annual report from the inaugural Integrity Commissioner, Mr Philip Moss. The committee thanks Mr Moss for his dedicated service to ACLEI over his seven-year tenure as Integrity Commissioner.