It has been a pleasure to return to lead the organisation and continue my longstanding professional involvement with Victoria’s integrity system.

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) has today released the annual snapshot of its independent police oversight role, identifying a rising number of complaints and notifications about police misconduct. This snapshot provides an overview of police misconduct complaints and notifications received by IBAC in the 2023 calendar year, as well as information on monitoring, investigations, reviews, recommendations, compliance audits and prevention initiatives.

Public examinations into allegations of serious corruption involving the Victorian vocational education and training, and transport sectors will be held by IBAC, the state’s anti-corruption commission, in Melbourne later this month. The examinations are part of IBAC’s Operation Lansdowne, which is investigating allegations of serious corrupt conduct at South West Institute of TAFE (South West TAFE), Bendigo Kangan Institute (Kangan) and V/Line. The IBAC examinations will focus on the:

Public examinations by Victoria's anti-corruption commission into allegations of serious corruption involving the Victorian vocational education and training, and transport sectors will resume on Monday 17 July. The examinations are part of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission's Operation Lansdowne.

Public examinations by Victoria’s independent anti-corruption commission into allegations of serious corruption involving the Victorian vocational education and training, and transport sectors concluded today.

Victoria's anti-corruption Commission, IBAC, has unravelled a multimillion dollar training scam that exploited oversight weaknesses at two Victorian TAFEs: South West Institute of TAFE and Bendigo Kangan Institute of TAFE. A special report tabled before Parliament this morning details the findings and recommendations of a major IBAC investigation, Operation Lansdowne, into allegations of serious corrupt conduct relating to South West Institute of TAFE and Bendigo Kangan Institute of TAFE, and third-party agreements those TAFEs had entered into with TayTell Pty Ltd.

This year has been productive at IBAC with the release of several major investigation reports, as well as delivery of an unprecedented number of corruption prevention initiatives and resources. 

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) analysed Victoria Police’s response to 104 recommendations IBAC made during a six year period in its Victoria Police’s responses to IBAC’s recommendations special report, tabled in Parliament today.

The key activities for the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) in 2022/23 are outlined in its annual report, tabled to Parliament today.

Today in the County Court of Victoria, former Victorian MP Russell Northe was sentenced to a total of 21 months in prison for misconduct in public office, with a non-parole period of 12 months following an investigation by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC).   The charges were as a result of IBAC’s Operation Sturt, which investigated Mr Northe’s alleged misuse of Victorian Electoral Commission funding.