Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector: Minimising the corruption risks associated with improper influence on government decisions
- Report length
- 36 pages
Summary
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The Crime and Corruption Commission examined improper influence on Queensland state and local government decisions to identify corruption risks and possible safeguards.
Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 7
It considered its information holdings and investigations, public complaints and submissions, and approaches used in other jurisdictions.
Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 7 · Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 10
The CCC concluded that gaps remained in Queensland’s integrity framework, including risks from former officials’ connections, privileged access and undisclosed interactions.
Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 10
It proposed seven reforms covering broader disclosure rules, visibility of contacts, former officials’ lobbying, compliance audits, a shared reporting platform, board conflicts and education.
Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 33 · Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 34 · Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 35
In the body's own words
- Conclusion
There remain gaps in Queensland’s integrity framework which allow for continued risk of corrupt practices (or the perception of them).
Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 10
- Conclusion
Transparency of influence is currently limited by narrow definitions and reporting requirements.
Influence and transparency in Queensland's public sector, page 33
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.
No findings or recommendations are reproduced in this record. This does not establish that the report contains none.
Published responses
No published response was found.
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.