Session 2
1.15 – 3.00 (1hr 45 mins)

Stream A: Out of sight: fighting corruption in remote locations

1. Building the human capacity of Queensland Indigenous Councils: the Skills Bank and other strategies
   Michael Limerick (Barrister and Consultant)
   
   
2. Things are different out here: centralised v. decentralised control systems
   Dr Trevor Jewell (Senior Consultant, Corruption Prevention, Education and Research Directorate, CCC)
   
   
3. The tyranny of geography: corruption risks for geographically challenged councils
   Narelle George (Adviser, Misconduct Prevention, CMC)
   

Stream B: Corruption prevention: reducing opportunities for corruption

1. Identifying opportunities for organisational corruption
   Stephen Horne (Managing Director, Internal Audit Bureau, NSW)
   
   
2. Case study
   The ICAC’s investigation into Wollongong City Council and NSW Fire Brigades
   Mick Symons (Executive Director, Investigations, ICAC), and
   Lewis Rangott (Principal Officer, Local Government and Planning, ICAC)
   
   
3. Understanding organisational corruption: why it’s happened and what should have been done differently
   Dr Robert Waldersee (Executive Director, Corruption Prevention, Education and Research, ICAC)
   

Stream C: Corruption prevention initiatives

1. International anti-corruption perspectives
   The Hon. Barry O’Keefe AM, QC (former Commissioner, ICAC)
   
   
2. The New Zealand perspective on civilian oversight of policing
   The Hon. Justice Lowell Goddard (Chair Independent Police Conduct Authority)
   
   
3. Australian perspectives: accountable and ethical decision making
   Alan Barrett (Principle Policy Officer, Western Australia Public Sector Commission)

Stream D: Life after a commission investigation: managing the impact

1. How to take an agency from investigation to prevention
   Bruce Towie (Senior Investigator, CCC)
   
   
2. Case study
   Building a professional standards unit after an investigation
   Sharyn O’Neill (Director General, Department of Education and Training, WA)
   
   
3. Case study
   After the Wollongong City Council investigations
   Illana Halliday (Director, Corporate and Community Services, Wollongong City Council)