About the Integrity Commission
The Commission is an independent state authority, established under the Integrity Commission Act 2009. Our role is independent of State and local government, and we do not receive direction from any minister or Government departments.
We play an important role in ensuring trust in the Tasmanian public sector by working to improve the standard of conduct, propriety and ethics of public officers and public sector organisations. Our values statement reflects the independence of our role:
The Commission always acts in the public interest. We strive to be a positive influence and an agent for change within the public sector.
We work with public sector organisations through the identification, prevention and investigation of public sector misconduct to:
- improve the standard of conduct and ethics
- deal with serious misconduct and misconduct by senior public officers
- improve the sector’s capacity to prevent and respond to misconduct.
The Commission has an established complaint management process to deal with public sector complaints and an investigation team to investigate when we need to find out further information. We research and assess potential misconduct risk areas within the public sector, and engage with authorities to determine how we can assist them to manage such risks and to deal with any potential misconduct.
We also have a specific oversight role in relation to police misconduct.
The Commission has a Board of four members, chaired by the Chief Commissioner, Greg Melick AO RFD SC. The Commission is accountable to Parliament through the Joint Standing Committee on Integrity.