Your name, address and telephone contact (optional) details Development Application reference number No further documents will be accepted after the closing date of the public notification period.Īs a minimum you are required to reference the following in your representation:
Any additional information/correspondence relevant to your representation may also be attached. Representors are encouraged to use the standard Statement of Representation form. Public information on the ICAC's website is currently out of date, and 18 of the office's staff have been moved to the OPI, which is currently headed by an acting director.Īnd this is what info you have to supply as per the 2nd link below. Two weeks on, the fallout is continuing, with the equal opportunity commissioner today voicing reservations about the speed of the changes, which she said had occurred in the "blink of an eye". ICAC can now only investigate matters of suspected corruption reported to it by the OPI, and the definition of corruption has been narrowed. Misconduct and maladministration investigations are now the responsibility of the SA Ombudsman, while the Office for Public Integrity (OPI) has been moved out of the ICAC's jurisdiction. While Ms Vanstone declined to comment today, she expressed deep misgivings in the immediate aftermath of the bill's passage, saying the jurisdiction to investigate corruption had been "decimated". The law change - which came into effect today - means Ms Vanstone can only investigate allegations of corruption, not misconduct or maladministration. Public servants have been told they no longer have a mandatory requirement to report misconduct and maladministration in their workplaces, as new laws that govern South Australia's anti-corruption watchdog come into force.Ī private member's bill to significantly reduce the powers of the state's independent commissioner against corruption (ICAC) Ann Vanstone passed Parliament with unanimous backing a fortnight ago, after securing the support of both the government and the opposition.