Integrity Oversight Victoria 2025-26 annual report
Summary
The report's own summary: Message from the Chief Integrity Inspector, pages 6 to 7
Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.
Integrity Oversight Victoria’s 2025–26 report describes its oversight of 13 integrity bodies to ensure they use their powers lawfully and properly.
IOV reported completing 3 investigations and starting 3 others during the year.
It reported that Victoria Police accepted 8 recommendations from its report on listening devices in prisons.
IOV reported exceeding 6 of its 8 output performance targets, meeting one and falling short of one.
It reported a net operating result of $0.226 million.
In the body's own words
- Conclusion
IOV’s performance and strategic outcomes in 2025–26 show we are on track.
Finances 4
Total income from transactions
$8,169,516
Printed as
Total income from transactions 8,169,516 8,184,764
Total expenses from transactions
$(7,943,197)
Printed as
Total expenses from transactions (7,943,197) (7,740,482)
Employee expenses
$(5,578,834)
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Employee expenses 3.1.1 (5,578,834) (5,402,576)
Net result
$240,331
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Net result 240,331 440,459
Staff 2
Staff
29 people
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29 Staff At year end we had 29 staff (27.5 FTE)
Staff
27.5 FTE
Printed as
29 Staff At year end we had 29 staff (27.5 FTE)
Executives and remuneration 4
Remuneration received or receivable by the Accountable Officer
$550,000-$559,999
Printed as
Remuneration received or receivable by the Accountable Officer, in connection with the management of Integrity Oversight Victoria during the reporting period was in the range of $550,000-$559,999
Total remuneration
$733,002
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Total remuneration 733,002 779,548
Total number of executives
4
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Total number of executives 4 2
Total
$1,286,010
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Compensation of KMPs(1) 2026 2025 Total 1,286,010 1,307,535
Complaints and investigations 6
Complaints received
135
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This year we received 135 complaints
Disclosures
22
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We received 22 disclosures under the PID Act
Received
319
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We received 319 coercive powers notifications
Investigations
3
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We conducted 6 investigations in 2025–26, including 3 new ones.
Investigations
3
Printed as
We closed the 3 investigations that were opened in 2024–25
Recommendations
12
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We made 12 recommendations
Other figures 7
Enquiries
386
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The number of enquiries we received rose by 49 per cent this year (386, up from 259)
Complaints closed
162
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We closed 162 complaints
Inspections
15
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15 Inspections We conducted 14 regular inspections and one irregular inspection.
Inspection reports
9
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We completed 9 inspection reports during the year
Reviewed
110
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We completed 110 reviews of summonses, confidentiality notices and recordings of examinations and interviews
Accepted
83%
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83% Accepted Eighty-three per cent of our recommendations were accepted by integrity bodies
Improvements
9
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We reported 9 systemic improvements by bodies to support compliance in Victoria’s integrity system.
About the document
- Edition
- Current edition
- Reading status
- Read by OPAX
- Pages
- 138
- Figures not found in the report
- Consultancy; Consultancy total; Executive average remuneration; Public hearings; Referrals to prosecution