Establishment of a National Integrity Commission: interim report

This Select Committee was established to inquire into whether a national integrity commission should be established to address institutional, organisational, political and electoral, and individual corruption and misconduct.  This interim report comprises three chapters. The second chapter provides an introduction to perceptions of corruption in Australia. The report concludes with a discussion of the existing national anti-corruption framework, and the potential benefits and drawbacks of creating a national anti-corruption commissioner covering elements of public administration. This report is limited to considering anti-corruption measures that affect public administration in Australia. There have been calls for a National Integrity Commission that would consider alleged corruption in other areas, such as financial services or construction, which are not currently subject to dedicated anti-corruption measures. The committee reserves the right to consider the merits of these suggestions further in future reports