Media Releases

The agencies were required under the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011 to respond to IBAC's formal recommendations to improve their systems, practices or controls.

The responses detail the measures these two agencies are taking respectively in response to IBAC's recommendations, as follows:

• A final report from DET to the recommendations arising from IBAC's Operation Dunham, an investigation into the conduct of DET officers in connection with the failed Ultranet project. The Ultranet was proposed to be an online teaching and learning platform for all Victorian government schools. The Ultranet project was closed down in 2013. IBAC heard evidence that the Ultranet was likely to have cost somewhere between $127 million to $240 million. IBAC's investigation found evidence the tender process for the Ultranet was improperly influenced and therefore corrupted.
• A progress report from AV in response to Operation Tone, an investigation into allegations that AV paramedics engaged in the theft, trafficking and use of drugs of dependence, and misappropriation of AV equipment. Operation Tone identified a culture of illicit drug use and misappropriation of AV equipment by individuals and among certain groups, particularly in the Barwon South West region.

IBAC publishes public sector agencies' responses to our investigations to inform the community about the actions agencies are taking, and to help other agencies strengthen their policies, systems and practices to prevent corruption.

Media contact: media@ibac.vic.gov.au or 0427 480 840