A paper by Victoria’s three core integrity agencies calls for urgent reform to how the integrity sector is funded, to increase transparency and enable them to effectively hold the Victorian Government to account. The paper recommends practical reforms to strengthen transparency and independence. It outlines 12 practical reforms across three key areas.

An investigation into complaints about how the Victorian Department of Education and a government primary school responded to allegations of sexual abuse of two children. It found that the Department’s response to the allegations and disclosures of sexual abuse at the time was inadequate, and in some respects seriously so.

In November 2022, the Victorian Ombudsman began an ‘own motion’ investigation into healthcare provision for Aboriginal people in Victorian prisons. This report outlines the findings.

The investigation followed a 2022 referral alleging that the public service had been “stacked” with party operatives. The investigation did not find evidence of this but did, however, find the public sector had been politicised in other, equally pervasive ways.

This report examines the application of the Victorian Government’s road-user charge for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.