ICAC’s ‘Corruption looks like…’ materials are designed to unpack what conduct meets this serious threshold, and how this conduct impacts our communities.

What does corruption look like? An ICAC factsheet. Published 2026.

Integrity Spotlight: Reducing gambling harm highlights the heightened risk posed by public officers engaging in problematic gambling behaviours, and outlines the steps organisations can take to reduce their risk of gambling harm.

Undertaking the Integrity Maturity Self-Assessment can also assist your organisation to develop a tailored integrity framework.

State and local government agencies store large volumes of information about South Australians and government business. Integrity Spotlight: Audit logging explores how robust controls prevent information being improperly accessed, edited, disseminated or deleted.

Factsheet: Volunteering with State and Local Government authorities outlines when volunteers might have obligations to report corruption in public administration.

Integrity Spotlight Advisory: Government emails explains some of the key requirements government employees and their employers must be  aware of when approving, using and monitoring government email.

Councils are responsible for ensuring that residents and businesses comply with various legislation. Given the wide-ranging nature of enforcement powers available to council officers, they are vulnerable to misuse for corrupt purposes.

The Royal Commission into the Robodebt scheme identified critical failures in the functioning of the public service agencies administering the scheme. Key among these was the failure of public servants to provide frank and fearless advice to Ministers.

Boards are a useful way for governments to gain access to and leverage the expertise and knowledge of people in the community. Many board members are appointed because of their professional connections and business pursuits within a particular sector. Consequently, there is the risk that their private and public interests will come into conflict.

The Commission regularly deals with allegations that public sector resources have been misused. Most people think of physical things that are needed to perform a role such as computers, mobile phones, stationery, vehicles, tools and equipment. However, it is important to consider how you are using both tangible and intangible public resources.

State and local government agencies store large volumes of information about South Australians and government business. Integrity Spotlight: Audit logging explores how robust controls prevent information being improperly accessed, edited, disseminated or deleted.

Integrity Spotlight: Managing risk through the separation process guides agencies through the process of a staff member leaving an agency or organisation and how to safeguard against corruption risks.

Integrity Spotlight: Red flags in recruitment outlines how public officers can guard against impropriety in recruitment processes.

The Integrity Spotlight: Confidentiality and misuse of information discusses the types of information that may be at risk of being misused, and how to ensure information is not used improperly.

If you are contracted to a public authority, or working for a company contracted to a public authority, then you are a public officer while you are performing that contract work.

Factsheet: Are you a government contractor? explores the reporting obligations of contractors engaged by a public authority.

Integrity Spotlight: Perverse incentives outlines how incentive schemes might be manipulated to provide opportunities for corruption to flourish and how best to avoid this.

Integrity Spotlight Alert: Recruitment in Local Government identifies risks and outlines what the Commission considers good practice in recruitment, particularly within Local Government.

This guide has been prepared to assist public authorities to plan and conduct internal investigations. It is not a comprehensive ‘how to’ manual. Rather, it contains practical tips and strategies to assist investigators to conduct thorough and fair investigations.

Public authorities should be equipped to receive and address complaints of alleged wrongdoing by their staff. Integrity Spotlight: Managing anonymous complaints explores why and how employees might report corruption anonymously.

Integrity Spotlight: Conducting Internal Investigations guides agencies through the process of conducting an internal investigation to address allegations of impropriety.

Integrity Spotlight: Keeping time: The importance of accurate timesheets guides agencies in the risks of timesheet fraud and how employers can safeguard timesheet accuracy.

The Integrity Spotlight Advisory: Gifts and benefits guide outlines the circumstances in which gifts can be reasonably accepted by an employee, agency or organisation, and how to ensure integrity is not compromised.

Integrity Spotlight: Flexible and remote work provides public officers with a guide to managing risks of corruption and inappropriate conduct during times of change and disruption.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012 significantly changed in October 2021. This factsheet outlines some of the key changes to the legislation and to the changes in operation at the Commission.