The conference program included an impressive line-up of high profile speakers and presenters. To view a speaker's biography select the speaker's name and to view a presentation abstract select the presentation title.
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Premier Anna Bligh
Premier of Queensland
Queensland Government
Day One Plenary |
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The Hon Paul de Jersey
Chief Justice of Queensland
Keynote address, day one
The scope for corruption in public life in twenty-first century Australia
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Chris Masters
Respected journalist and ABC Television veteran
Keynote address, day two
Moonlight reflections |
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Quentin Dempster
Journalist
ABC Television
Keynote address, day two
Moonlight reflections |
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Professor Charles Sampford
Director, The Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law (IEGL)
(a joint initiative of the UN University, Griffith and QUT in association with the ANU)
Convenor, ARC Governance Research Network
President, International Institute for Public Ethics
Keynote address
From deep north to global governance exemplar: Fitzgerald’s impact on the international anti-corruption movement |
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Robert Atkinson APM
Commissioner of Police
Queensland Police Service
Panel:
The tone at the top - Day Two, Session 1, Stream C
Measuring professionalism and integrity within a police service |
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Jennifer Agius
Manager, Corrections and Compliance
NSW Ombudsman
Presentation:
Preventing corruption in corrections - Day Two, Session 2, Stream C
The role of the Ombudsman in identifying and preventing corruption in corrections |
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Ray Bange
Principal, Probity Consultants International
Presentation:
Corruption risks in major development/infrastructure - Day Two, Session 2, Stream C
Build it and they will come: infrastructure corruption risks
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — full day
Fraud and corruption control |
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Philip Barden
Principal Agency Review Officer, Corruption and Crime Commission
Presentation:
Health sector corruption risks - Day Two, Session 1, Stream D
Drugs in hospitals: managing the misconduct risk |
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Alan Barrett
Principal Policy Officer
Western Australia Public Sector Commission
Presentation:
Corruption prevention initiatives - Day One, Session 2, Stream C
Australian perspectives: accountable and ethical decision making
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — half day (9.00 am – 12.30 pm)
Embedding ethics |
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Professor Stephen Bartos
Director
Allen Consulting Group
Presentation:
Corruption Prevention: Addressing the motivators for corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream B
Embedding ethical excellence |
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Tom Baxter
Lecturer, School of Accounting and Corporate Governance
University of Tasmania
Presentation:
Corruption risks in major development/infrastructure - Day Two, Session 2, Stream C
Case study. Probity issues connected with the Tasmanian pulp mill
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Linton Besser
Journalist
Sydney Morning Herald
Panel:
The role of the media in uncovering corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream C |
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Andrew Boe
Principal,
Boe Lawyers
Panel:
Queensland — beautiful one day, desperate for the development dollar the next! - Day Two, Session 3, Hypothetical |
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John Boyd
Principal Project Officer, Prevention,
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Corruption prevention for managers |
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Kevin Brosseau
Senior Director for Operations
Commission for Public Complaints against RCMP
Presentation:
Police corruption and misconduct - Day One, Session 3, Stream A
Effective oversight of police by civilian authorities: what powers are needed |
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Dr A J Brown
Professor of Public Law, Griffith Law School
Griffith University
Facilitator:
Protecting whistleblowers - Day One, Session 1, Stream D
Protecting whistleblowers
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July – full day
Managing protected and other disclosures |
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Peter Cantwell
Assistant Ombudsman, Administrative Improvement Unit
Office of the Queensland Ombudsman
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — full day
Good public administration |
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Paul Carey APM
Deputy Commissioner, Specialist Operations
New South Wales Police
Panel:
The tone at the top - Day Two, Session 1, Stream C |
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Deirdre Cooper
Senior Corruption Prevention Officer
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
Regulation and granting favours - Day Two, Session 2, Stream B
ICAC case study. Bribery and false licences: Operation Sirona |
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Luke Cornelius
Assistant Commissioner, Ethical Standards Division
Victoria Police
Panel:
Queensland — beautiful one day, desperate for the development dollar the next! - Day Two, Session 3, Hypothetical |
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Helen Couper
Director, Integrity Services
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Facilitator:
The role of the media in uncovering corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream C
Presentation:
Health sector corruption risks - Day Two, Session 1, Stream C
Case study. Taking responsibility: misconduct management by Queensland Health |
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Sarah Cowie
Director, Research and Projects
Ombudsman Western Australia
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — full day
Good public administration |
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The Hon. Gary Crooke QC
Former Queensland Integrity Commissioner
Presentation:
When public and private interests clash - Day One, Session 3, Stream C
Five years as Integrity Commissioner: a retrospective |
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Tina Davies
Senior Consultant, Corruption Prevention, Education and Research
Corruption and Crime Commission
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Corruption prevention for managers |
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Quentin Dempster
Journalist
ABC Television
Presentation:
The role of the media in uncovering corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream C
The role of the media in uncovering corruption |
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Melissa Dove
Senior Consultant
Corruption and Crime Commission
Presentation:
Health sector corruption risks - Day Two, Session 1, Stream D
Drugs in hospitals: managing the misconduct risk |
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David Fagan
Editor
Courier-Mail
Panel:
Queensland — beautiful one day, desperate for the development dollar the next! - Day Two, Session 3, Hypothetical |
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Sally Farnham
Senior Consultant, Corruption Prevention, Education and Research
Corruption and Crime Commission
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Conflict of interest for managers |
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Jean T Fournier
Senate Ethics Officer
Office of the Senate Ethics Officer, Canada
Presentation:
Corruption prevention: addressing the motivators for corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream B
The importance of ethical leadership |
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Narelle George
Adviser, Misconduct Prevention
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Presentations:
Out of sight: fighting corruption in remote locations - Day One, Session 2, Stream A
They tyranny of geography: corruption risks for geographically-challenged councils
The slippery slope: grooming for corruption - Day Two, Session 1, Stream B
On the edge of the slope: behavioural risks
Workshops:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Conflict of interest for managers
Friday 31 July — half day (9.00 am – 12.30 pm)
Embedding ethics |
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The Hon. Justice Lowell Goddard
Chair
Independent Police Conduct Authority, New Zealand
Presentation:
Corruption prevention initiatives - Day One, Session 2, Stream C
The New Zealand perspective on civilian oversight of policing |
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Illana Halliday
Director, Corporate and Community Services
Wollongong City Council
Presentation:
Life after a Commission investigation: managing the impact - Day One, Session 2, Stream D
Case study. After the Wollongong City Council investigations |
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Stephen Hardy
Director, Ethical Standards Unit
Queensland Health
Presentation:
Health sector corruption risks - Day Two, Session 1, Stream D
Case study. Taking responsibility: misconduct management by Queensland Health |
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Leanne Hardyman
Media Adviser
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Panel:
The role of the media in uncovering corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream C |
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Associate Professor Robert Heath
Associate Professor (Strategic Risk Management)
School of Management
Division of Business and Enterprise
University of South Australia
Presentation:
Corruption prevention: the role of detection - Day One, Session 3, Stream B
Corruption risks: the tell-tale signs |
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David Honeyman
Principal Adviser, Misconduct Prevention
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Presentation:
Off the rails: risks in procurement and tendering - Day Two, Session 1, Stream A
CMC case study. Qrail: probity in government contracting/tendering |
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Stephen Horne
Managing Director
Internal Audit Bureau (IAB) Services, New South Wales
Presentation:
Corruption prevention: reducing opportunities for corruption - Day One, Session 2, Stream B
Identifying opportunities for organisational corruption |
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Mochammad Jasin
Commissioner
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Republic of Indonesia
Presentation:
International perspectives - Day One, Session 1, Stream A
Riding the reforms’ wave: the Indonesian experience of combating corruption |
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Dr Trevor Jewell
Senior Consultant, Corruption Prevention, Education and Research Directorate
Corruption and Crime Commission
Presentation:
Out of sight: fighting corruption in remote locations - Day One, Session 2, Stream A
Things are different out here: centralised v. decentralised control systems
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Carolyn Jones
Principal Consultant
Corruption and Crime Commission
Presentation:
Corruption risks in major development and infrastructure - Day Two, Session 2, Stream C
Getting your development through: tips from Western Australia |
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Christopher Kelly
Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Deakin University
Presentation:
Higher education - Day Two, Session 2, Stream D
Higher education or education for hire? Issues of concern relating to academic integrity |
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Geoffrey King
Chief Internal Auditor
Queensland Rail (QR) Limited
Presentation:
Off the rails: risks in procurement and tendering - Day Two, Session 1, Stream A
CMC case study. Qrail: probity in government contracting/tendering |
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Vicki Klum
Senior Corruption Prevention Officer
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
Health sector corruption risks - Day Two, Session 1, Stream D
Case study. Managing clinician’s conflicts of interest in the public health system: the ICAC experience
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — half day (9.00 am – 12.30 pm)
Misconduct resistance in the public health sector |
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Professor Alan Lawton
Professor of Public Sector Management
Business School, University of Hull, UK
Presentation:
Corruption prevention: addressing the motivators for corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream B
Evaluating integrity performance |
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Jay Lawrence
Senior Lawyer
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Fact finding and inquiry |
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Francis C S Lee IDS
Director of Investigation (Private Sector)
Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong
Presentation:
International perspectives - Day One, Session 1, Stream A
Learning from the past and challenges for the future |
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Dr Margot Legosz
Director, Research and Prevention
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Presentation:
Preventing corruption in corrections - Day Two, Session 2, Stream C
Misconduct in corrections: joint CMC and Griffith University study |
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Ang Seow Lian
Assistant Director
Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), Singapore
Presentation:
International perspectives - Day One, Session 1, Stream A
Singapore |
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Michael Limerick
Presentation:
Out of sight: fighting corruption in remote locations - Day One, Session 2, Stream A
Building the human capacity of Queennsland Indigenous councils: the Skills Bank and other strategies
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Madeleine Love
Legal Counsel
Southern Cross University
Presentation:
Higher education - Day Two, Session 2, Stream D
When is a gift, not a gift? |
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Professor Ian Lowe
Emeritus Professor,
Science, Technology and Society
Griffith University
Presentations:
Higher education - Day Two, Session 2, Stream D
Higher education: corruption risks in the university sector
Panel:
Queensland — beautiful one day, desperate for the development dollar the next! - Day Two, Session 3, Hypothetical |
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Margaret Ludlow
Senior Project Officer, Training and Development
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Corruption prevention for managers |
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Professor Paul Mazerolle
Director, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance and the Violence Research and Prevention Program
Griffith University
Presentation:
The role of research in measuring corruption prevention - Day One, Session 3, Stream D
Twenty years since Fitzgerald: assessing the influence of research on the development of evidence-based policy in Queensland and beyond |
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Yvonne Miles
Manager, Education and Training
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — half day (1.30 pm – 5.00 pm)
Managing the impact of an investigation |
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Alexandra Mills
Principal Officer, Public Sector, Corruption Prevention, Education and Research
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — half day (9.00 am – 12.30 pm)
Misconduct resistance in the public health sector |
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Bradley Morgan
Manager, Professional Standards
Australian Crime Commission
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — full day
Fraud and corruption control |
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Colin Murphy
Auditor General of Western Australia
Office of the Auditor General
Presentation:
Corruption prevention: the role of detection - Day One, Session 3, Stream B
The role of auditing in fraud detection — maintaining a professional scepticism |
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Robert Needham
Chairperson
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Presentations:
When public and private interests clash - Day One, Session 3, Stream C
Public duty, private interests: pre-separation conduct, post-separation employment and lobbying
Panel:
Queensland — beautiful one day, desperate for the development dollar the next! - Day Two, Session 3, Hypothetical |
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Michael Nest
Senior Corruption Prevention Officer
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
Off the rails: risks in procurement and tendering - Day Two, Session 1, Stream A
Corruption prevention lessons from ICAC’s Operation Monto investigation into RailCorp (2008) |
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Christine Nixon APM
Former Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police
Chair, Victoria Bushfire Reconstruction & Recovery Authority
Panel:
The tone at the top - Day Two, Session 1, Stream C |
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Kerry O'Brien
ABC Television
Facilitator:
Queensland — beautiful one day, desperate for the development dollar the next! - Day Two, Session 3, Hypothetical |
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Dr Karl O'Callaghan APM
Commissioner of Police
Western Australia Police Force
Panel:
The tone at the top - Day Two, Session 1, Stream C |
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The Hon. Barry O’Keefe AM, QC
Former Commissioner
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
Corruption prevention initiatives - Day One, Session 2, Stream C
International anti-corruption perspectives |
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Jane Olsen
Research Officer, Research and Prevention
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Presentation:
Protecting whistleblowers - Day One, Session 1, Stream D
Fostering workplace environments in support of whistleblowing
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July – full day
Managing protected and other disclosures |
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Sharyn O'Neill
Director General
Department of Education and Training, Western Australia
Presentation:
Life after a Commission investigation: managing the impact - Day One, Session 2, Stream D
Building a professional standards unit after an investigation |
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Stephen Osborne
Chief Investigator (Operations Advisor)
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Fact finding and inquiry |
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Donna Oxley
Principal Consultant, Corruption Prevention, Education & Research
Corruption and Crime Commission
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July – full day
Managing protected and other disclosures |
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Associate Professor Allan Peachment
Formerly of Curtin University of Technology
Presentation:
The slippery slope: grooming for corruption - Day Two, Session 1, Stream B
Grooming for corruption: pedalling influence |
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Russell Pearce
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Misconduct
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Presentation:
Police corruption and misconduct - Day One, Session 3, Stream A
Case study. Operation Capri |
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Barbara Piesse
Lecturer, School of Law
Deakin University
Presentation:
Higher education - Day Two, Session 2, Stream D
Higher education or education for hire? Issues of concern relating to academic integrity |
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Dr Louise Porter
Research Fellow
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security
Griffith University
Presentation:
Police corruption and misconduct - Day One, Session 3, Stream A
Typology of police misconduct |
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Professor Tim Prenzler
Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Griffith University
Presentation:
The role of research in measuring corruption prevention - Day One, Session 3, Stream D
The value of evidence-based evaluation
Facilitator:
The tone at the top - Day Two, Session 1, Stream C |
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Lewis Rangott
Acting Principal Officer, Local Government and Planning
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
Corruption prevention: reducing opportunities for corruption - Day One, Session 2, Stream B
Case study. The ICAC’s investigation into Wollongong City Council and NSW Fire Brigades
Workshop:
Tuesday 28 July — full day
Conflict of interest for managers |
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Kelly-Ann Reardon
Education and Training Adviser
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Presentation:
The role of research in measuring corruption prevention - Day One, Session 3, Stream D
Profiling the public sector
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — half day (9.00 am – 12.30 pm)
Embedding ethics |
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Peter Roberts
Senior Lecturer
Australian Graduate School of Policing, Charles Sturt University
Presentation:
Protecting whistleblowers - Day One, Session 1, Stream D
Whistling While They Work: Towards best practice organisational responses to public interest whistleblowing |
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The Hon. Len Roberts-Smith RFD, QC
Commissioner
Corruption and Crime Commission
Presentation:
International perspectives - Day One, Session 1, Stream A
The Australian perspective |
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Chris Rose
Chief Executive Officer
Logan City Council
Presentation:
Regulation and granting favours - Day Two, Session 2, Stream B
Managing non-pecuniary interest |
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Michael Rose
Manager, Corporate Integrity
Brisbane City Council
Presentation:
Regulation and granting favours - Day Two, Session 2, Stream B
Managing non-pecuniary interest |
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Professor Julianne Schultz
Professor, Centre for Public Culture and Ideas
Griffith University
Panel:
The role of the media in uncovering corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream C |
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Forbes Smith
Deputy Ombudsman
Ombudsman Queensland
Presentation:
Preventing corruption in corrections - Day Two, Session 2, Stream C
The role of the Ombudsman in preventing corruption in corrections |
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Robert Stacey
Former Deputy Inspector
Custodial Services, Western Australia
Presentation:
Preventing corruption in corrections - Day Two, Session 2, Stream C
Preventing corruption in corrections: Western Australia perspective |
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Margaret Sutherland
Senior Corruption Prevention Officer
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
Regulation and granting favours - Day Two, Session 2, Stream B
ICAC case study. Parramatta City Council and brothel bribes |
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Dr Wendy Sutherland-Smith
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education
Monash University
Presentation:
Higher education - Day Two, Session 2, Stream D
Higher education or education for hire? Issues of concern relating to academic integrity |
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Mick Symons
Executive Director, Investigations
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentations:
Corruption prevention: reducing opportunities for corruption - Day One, Session 2, Stream B
Case study. The ICAC’s investigation into Wollongong City Council and NSW Fire Brigades
Off the rails: risks in procurement and tendering - Day Two, Session 1, Stream A
Corruption prevention lessons from ICAC’s Operation Monto investigation into RailCorp (2008)
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Nicole Thomas
Manager, Communications & Media
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Panel:
The role of the media in uncovering corruption - Day One, Session 1, Stream C |
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Giselle Tocher
Principal Officer, Local Government & Planning
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
The slippery slope: grooming for corruption - Day Two, Session 1, Stream B
ICAC case study. Gift, benefit or bribery; knowing the difference |
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Clinton Towers
Special Investigator (Forensics)
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentation:
Corruption prevention: the role of detection - Day One, Session 3, Stream B
The role of forensic computing in detection |
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Bruce Towie
Corruption and Crime Commission
Presentation:
Life after a Commission investigation: managing the impact - Day One, Session 2, Stream D
How to take an agency from investigation to prevention |
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David Van Homrigh
Partner
KPMG Forensic
Presentation:
When public and private interests clash - Day One, Session 3, Stream C
Protecting information, assets and resources: public sector view of protecting information |
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Dr Robert Waldersee
Executive Director, CPE&R
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Presentations:
Corruption prevention: reducing opportunities for corruption - Day One, Session 2, Stream B
Understanding organisational corruption - why it's happened and what should have been done differently.
Off the rails: risks in procurement and tendering - Day Two, Session One, Stream A
Analysis and overview of the ICAC investigation into RailCorp |
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Roger Watson
Director — Designate, Corruption Prevention, Education and Research, Corruption and Crime Commission
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — half day (1.30 pm – 5.00 pm)
Managing the impact of an investigation |
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The Hon. Rod Welford MP
Former Attorney-General, Queensland
Panel:
Queensland — beautiful one day, desperate for the development dollar the next! - Day Two, Session 3, Hypothetical |
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Chris Wheeler
Deputy Ombudsman
NSW Ombudsman
Presentation:
Protecting whistleblowers - Day One, Session 1, Stream D
The management of disclosures and its challenges
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — full day
Good public administration |
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Howard Whitton
Founding Director
Independent Integrity System, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Consultant
Ethicos Group
Workshop:
Friday 31 July — half day (1.30 pm – 5.00 pm)
Beyond the code of conduct |