Corruption Audits 2019—2021
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The Crime and Corruption Commission audited three Queensland universities to assess how effectively they prevented and dealt with research fraud.
Summary Audit Report - Reducing the risk of research fraud – July 2020, page 8
It reviewed research governance, sampled funded projects and examined corruption complaints and serious research-misconduct allegations, excluding technical reviews of research data and teaching-related academic integrity.
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The CCC found satisfactory prevention and complaints systems overall, while identifying improvements needed in governance, conflicts of interest, peer review, investigations and disciplinary responses.
Summary Audit Report - Reducing the risk of research fraud – July 2020, page 10
The CCC made twenty numbered recommendations across separate lists, addressing governance, training, compliance reporting, conflicts, peer review, investigation practices and university assets.
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In the body's own words
- Finding
The CCC’s audit found that one university’s investigation into research fraud did not adequately deal with one of the most serious allegations of corrupt conduct made as a public interest disclosure (the complaint).
Summary Audit Report - Reducing the risk of research fraud – July 2020, page 18
- Opinion
The CCC is of the view that in this matter consideration of further disciplinary action would have been appropriate to promote public confidence in the integrity of the university.
Summary Audit Report - Reducing the risk of research fraud – July 2020, page 22
Findings and recommendations
Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.
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Published responses
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Summary Audit Report - Reducing the risk of research fraud – July 2020
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Summary Audit Report - Managing corruption risks associated with timesheet and leave activities – July 2020
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Audit Summary - Managing gifts and benefits for Hospital and Health Service employees — December 2024
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Audit Summary - Assessing allegations of corrupt conduct: Recordkeeping under section 40A — December 2024
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Factsheet - Probity as a means of managing corruption risks in procurement — December 2024
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Corruption Audits 2019—2021
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Prevention guide - Managing gifts and benefits: a guide for Hospital and Health Service employees
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Corruption Audit Update: Gifts and Benefits - 22 November 2021
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Audit Summary - Assessing complaints of corrupt conduct - a guide for assessors and decision-makers — December 2024
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Probity plan checklist for procurement
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Local Government Procurement Audit Findings
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Corruption Audits 2019—2021
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Coverage
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- Reports from 1991 to about 2011 are listed on the CCC site but many pages link no report document; those records carry the page summary only, with findings and recommendations not extracted.
- Scanned reports without a text layer are not OCR'd; their findings and recommendations are not extracted.
- Findings and opinions are not extracted except where a report states it makes no finding about any person (section 48B of the Crime and Corruption Act 2001). Pre-2025 reports state outcomes in narrative form, which is not converted into findings.
- Recommendations are extracted only from a complete numbered run; reports that number recommendations differently, or set them inside narrative chapters only, are marked not_extracted.
- Government responses are recorded where the CCC report or public hearing page links one; the responses themselves (often Queensland Parliament tabled papers or ministerial statements) are linked, not fetched.
- The 1989 Fitzgerald Inquiry report, which the CCC hosts, is a commission of inquiry report and is not included here.