OLD CHALLENGE: DO WE NEED A NEW APPROACH OR JUST THE RIGHT APPROACH?

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OLD CHALLENGE DO WE NEED A NEW APPROACH OR JUST
THE RIGHT APPROACH?

• Presenter Ms Theresa Hamilton
• Deputy Commissioner
• Independent Commission
  against Corruption
  New South Wales
• Australia

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X MARKS THE SPOT?

• Have the problems and issues faced by
  anti-corruption bodies really changed since the
  days of piracy on the high seas?
• Confiscation of proceeds of crime may have been
  easier when X marked the spot?

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The NSW ICAC the original vision

• Nick Greiner, former Premier of NSW

... in the long term I would expect its primary
role to become more and more one of advising
departments on stratetgies ... to enhance
administrative integrity. The educative and
consultancy functions of the Commission will be
far more important than its investigatory
functions.
In recent years in NSW we have seen a Minister
of the Crown gaoled for bribery the former CSM
gaoled for perverting the course of justice
former Cmr of Police and Deputy Cmr of Police on
criminal charges.
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The Queensland Experience
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, former Premier of
Queensland
Terry Lewis, former Queensland Commissioner of
Police
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Back to the Future for Queensland

• Gordon Nuttall, former Government Minister and
  Member of Parliament
• 2009-10, sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for
  official corruption offences.
• 595,000 proceeds of crime order
• Riding into the sunset?

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WHY INVESTIGATION WILL ALWAYS BE A PRIMARY
FUNCTION

• Operation Mirna
• 6million in contracts awarded
• Sanhueza and Taylor received over 2.3million

• Operation Monto
• 4million in contracts awarded
• Boss and Junior received over 2.4million

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Operation Jarek

• Suppliers of road safety equipment, toner
  cartridges, chemicals etc.
• Ranging from 1.4million fraud to receipt of 20
  gift vouchers
• Over 110 public authorities (mainly local
  councils) involved.

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NEW CHALLENGES IN CORRUPTION PREVENTION

• The shifting public sector environment
• The Operational Control Philosophy

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Eve ate the apple

• How old is the old challenge?