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  • Public Statement: Investigation update
    7 Sept 2020

    An update on the investigations into the Hon. Terrence Stephens MLC, Mr Fraser Ellis MP and Mr Adrian Pederick MP.

  • Media Release: Looking Back 2020 – report published
    27 Aug 2020

    The Looking Back report is Commissioner Lander's last public report before his term as South Australia’s first Independent Commissioner Against Corruption ends on Tuesday, 1 September 2020.

  • Public Statement: Statement About an Investigation – The University of Adelaide
    26 Aug 2020

    A statement by Commissioner Lander in respect of his investigation of allegations of improper conduct by University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Rathjen.

  • Public Statement: Country Members Accommodation Allowance
    21 Aug 2020

    Commission Lander announces that the investigation into the conduct of a number of Members of Parliament in respect of the Country Members Accommodation Allowance is now on hold due to the winter recess and the conclusion of the Commissioner’s term. Whether the investigation continues will be at the discretion of the next Commissioner.

  • Public Statement: Investigation commenced
    23 July 2020

    Commission Lander announces that he has commenced an investigation into the conduct of a number of Members of Parliament in respect of claims made by them for payment of the Country Members Accommodation Allowance.

  • Public Statement: Further charges laid
    6 July 2020

    Commissioner Lander states that three additional people were charged with offences as a result of the investigation that led to Magistrate Harrap’s arrest.

  • Public Statement: Judicial officer arrested
    29 June 2020

    Commissioner Lander announces that this morning Commission investigators executed five search warrants and have arrested Magistrate Robert Harrap.

  • Public Statement: Evaluation of the Department for Correctional Services recommenced
    18 June 2020

    Deputy Commissioner Riches announces the recommencement of the evaluation of the practices, policies and procedures of the Department for Correctional Services.

  • Public Statement: Prosecution pending
    4 June 2020

    As a result of an investigation by the Commission, a 73-year-old man from Felixstow has been charged with one count of abuse of public office.

  • Media Release: Public Administration in a Pandemic – report published
    8 May 2020

    Commissioner Lander has published a report entitled Public Administration in a Pandemic: Unique Challenges in the Current Climate.

    The report addresses some of the unique risks to integrity in public administration in the current climate and offers some suggestions as to how some of those risks might be managed.

  • Public Statement: The University of Adelaide
    7 May 2020

    Commissioner Lander announces that he has commenced an investigation in respect of allegations of improper conduct by the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Adelaide, and into the manner in which the University dealt with those allegations.

  • Media Release: COVID-19 Update
    23 Mar 2020

    In response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) has introduced a number of measures in the interests of public health and safety.

  • Media Release: Evaluation of the Department for Correctional Services suspended
    16 Mar 2020

    On 3 February 2020 Acting Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Mr Michael Riches commenced an evaluation of the practices, policies and procedures of the Department for Correctional Services. The evaluation has now been suspended.

  • Public Statement: Evaluation of the Department for Correctional Services – Call for submissions
    10 Mar 2020

    Written submissions are invited from any member of the public, industry group, union or other individual or body with an interest in the evaluation of the practices, policies and procedures of the Department for Correctional Services.

  • Public Statement: Charges laid following ICAC investigations
    6 Mar 2020

    Two people formerly employed in senior executive roles in a public sector agency have been arrested as a result of an investigation by the Commission.

  • Public Statement: Evaluation of the Department for Correctional Services
    3 Mar 2020

    Commissioner Lander announces that Deputy Commissioner Riches will conduct an evaluation of the practices, policies and procedures of the Department for Correctional Services.

  • Media Release: Troubling Ambiguity: Governance in SA Health
    3 Dec 2019

    The Commissioner's report Troubling Ambiguity: Governance in SA Health was tabled in Parliament this morning.

  • Public Statement: SA Health report complete
    29 Nov 2019

    The Commission's report into the administration and delivery of public health services in South Australia is complete and has been submitted to both houses of parliament for tabling.

  • Media Release: City of Playford evaluation tabled
    27 Nov 2019

    Deputy Commissioner Michael Riches’ report on the Evaluation of the Practices, Policies and Procedures of the City of Playford Council has been tabled in Parliament today.

  • Media Release: Unmasking corruption in the public sector
    29 Oct 2019

    A joint communiqué from Australia's anti-corruption Commissioners addressing practical measures by which corruption may be detected, exposed and prevented.

  • Media Release: Looking Back report published
    16 Oct 2019

    On 16 October 2019 the Looking Back report was published. It reflects upon conduct and practices in South Australian public administration and the operations of the Commissioner’s office and the Office for Public Integrity (OPI) over six years.

  • Media Release: 2018–19 ICAC/OPI Annual Report tabled
    15 Oct 2019

    The 2018–2019 Annual Report of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Office for Public Integrity (OPI) has been tabled in parliament.

  • Media Release: Local government integrity insights
    12 Sept 2019

    In responding to the Commissioner’s Public Integrity Survey 2018, local government staff and elected members have provided valuable insight into the integrity culture of local government.

    Local Government Integrity Insights is the third report resulting from the Public Integrity Survey 2018.

  • Public Statement: Two charged
    9 Sept 2019

    In unrelated matters, a 40-year-old Mount Gambier man and a 24-year-old woman from Paradise have been charged.

  • Media Release: In their own words
    20 Aug 2019

    This second report to be published from the Commission's Public Integrity Survey 2018 "examines what public officers had to say, in their own words, about the culture and practices of the agencies within which they are employed”.