Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference 2007

APSAC Conference 2009 – Papers and presentations*

Day 1 — Wednesday 29 July 2009
Open Plenary
The scope for corruption in public life in 21st century Australia, by The Hon. Paul de Jersey AC	206 kB
Stream A1: International perspectives
The Australian perspective, by The Hon. Len Roberts-Smith RFD, QC	26 kB
Singapore experience — dealing with governance and corruption, by Ang Seow Lian	36 kB
Hong Kong experience — Learning from the past and challenges for the future, by Francis CS Lee IDS	172 kB
Stream A2: Out of sight: fighting corruption in remote locations
Building the human capacity of Queensland Indigenous Councils: the Skills Bank and other strategies, by Michael Limerick	375 kB
Stream A3: Police corruption and misconduct
Effective oversight of police by civilian authorities: what powers are needed (paper), by Kevin Brosseau	53 kB
Effective oversight of police by civilian authorities: what powers are needed (presentation), by Kevin Brosseau	222 kB
Typology of police misconduct, by Dr Louise Porter	179 kB
Police misconduct case study: Operation Capri, by Russell Pearce	38 kB
Stream B1: Corruption prevention: addressing the motivators for corruption
The importance of ethical leadership, by Jean T Fournier	111 kB
Evaluating integrity performance, by Professor Alan Lawton	131 kB
Stream B2: Corruption prevention: reducing opportunities for corruption
Identifying opportunities for organisational corruption, by Stephen Horne	1.8 MB
On preventing corruption: some comments based on recent ICAC investigations into Wollongong City Council and the NSW Fire Brigades, by Lewis Rangott	127 kB
Stream B3: Corruption prevention: the role of detection
Corruption risks: the tell-tale signs, by Associate Professor Robert Heath	95 kB
Stream C2: Corruption prevention initiatives
International anti-corruption perspectives, by The Hon. Barry O’Keefe AM, QC	53 kB
Australian perspectives: accountable and ethical decision making, by Alan Barrett	1.1 MB
Stream C3: When public and private interests clash
Five years as Integrity Commissioner: a retrospective, by Gary Crooke QC	88 kB
Protecting information, assets and resources: public sector view of protecting information, by David Van Homrigh	539 kB
Public duty, private interests: pre-separation conduct, post-separation employment and lobbying, by Robert Needham	47 kB
Stream D1: Protecting whistleblowers
The management of disclosures and their challenges, by Chris Wheeler	294 kB
Fostering workplace environments in support of whistleblowing, by Jane Olsen	57 kB
Stream D2: Life after a commission investigation: managing the impact
How to take an agency from investigation to prevention, by Bruce Towie	147 kB
Building a professional standards unit after an investigation, by Sharyn O’Neill	30 kB
After the Wollongong City Council investigations, by Illana Halliday	985 kB
Stream D3: The role of research in measuring corruption prevention
Profiling the public sector, by Kelly-Ann Reardon	216 kB
The value of evidence-based evaluation, by Professor Tim Prenzler	72 kB
Twenty years since Fitzgerald: assessing the influence of research on the development of evidence-based policy in Queensland and beyond, by Professor Paul Mazerolle	287 kB

Day 2 — Thursday 30 July 2009
Stream A1: Off the rails: risks in procurement and tendering
Corruption prevention lessons from ICAC’s Operation Monto investigation into RailCorp (2008), by Michael Nest	830 kB
Stream A2: Corruption risks in major development and infrastructure
Build it and they will come: infrastructure corruption risks, by Ray Bange	112 kB
Probity issues connected with the Tasmanian pulp mill, by Tom Baxter and Roland Browne	180 kB
Stream B1: The slippery slope: grooming for corruption
Gift, benefit or bribery: knowing the difference (paper), by Giselle Tocher	35 kB
Gift, benefit or bribery: knowing the difference (presentation), by Giselle Tocher	857 kB
Stream B2: Regulation and granting favours
Managing non-pecuniary interest, by Michael Rose and Chris Rose	635 kB
Parramatta City Council and brothel bribes, by Margaret Sutherland	158 kB
Bribery and false licences: Operation Sirona, by Deirdre Cooper	60 kB
Stream C2: Preventing corruption in corrections
Preventing corruption in corrections: Western Australian perspective, by Robert Stacey	47 kB
The role of the Ombudsman in preventing corruption in corrections, by Forbes Smith	37 kB
The role of the Ombudsman in preventing corruption in corrections, by Jennifer Agius	59 kB
Stream D1: Health sector corruption risks
Drugs in hospitals: managing the misconduct risk (paper), by Melissa Dove and Philip Barden	40 kB
Drugs in hospitals: managing the misconduct risk (presentation), by Melissa Dove and Philip Barden	123 kB
Managing clinician’s conflicts of interest in the public health system: the ICAC experience, by Viki Klum	84 kB
Stream D2: Higher education
When is a gift, not a gift? (paper), by Madeleine Love	240 kB
When is a gift, not a gift? (presentation), by Madeleine Love	180 kB
Higher education or education for hire? Issues of concern relating to academic integrity, by Dr Wendy Sutherland-Smith, Barbara Piesse and Christopher Kelly	217 kB

*The views and opinions expressed in the presentations and papers from APSACC 2009 are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the host agencies - the ICAC, CMC and CCC.