This paper reports on community and public servants’ perceptions of corruption in Victoria. Introduction The public service is critical to the lives of every Victorian, providing front line social, health, justice and emergency services and transport and other infrastructure that supports our daily lives. The Victorian public has a right to expect that people working...

The audit finds that the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) lacks a functional overarching information strategy and as a result, its approach to managing information systems varies. Summary Performance reporting plays a critical role in organisations’ ability to monitor their activities, and to understand their efficiency and effectiveness. For government agencies, it...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of telecommunications management and expenditure control practices of Victoria Police, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Justice. Summary The agencies examined cannot be confident that they are effectively managing all aspects of their telecommunications usage and expenditure. None of these agencies had sufficient organisation-wide controls to effectively...

This report presents the findings of an inquiry commissioned to inform policy makers and the community about the true costs of problem gambling and where they fall. Key messages: There are a number of obstacles to quantifying the true social and economic costs of problem gambling: there are significant data gaps, methodological issues and a...

Asset confiscation is a tool that Victoria's law enforcement and public prosecution agencies use in response to criminal activity. It enables the state to confiscate property to deprive people of the proceeds of certain offences, to disrupt further criminal activity by preventing the use of that property, and to deter others from engaging in criminal...