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Report on the review of the capacity of local governments in the Pilbara to prevent, identify and deal with misconduct

Report · Corruption and Crime Commission (WA CCC) · Western Australia · Dated

Recommendations
2
Report length
44 pages

Official source

Report on the review of the capacity of local governments in the Pilbara to prevent, identify and deal with misconduct

PDF · 44 pages · 642 KB · ccc.wa.gov.au

Summary

The report's own summary: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, pages 11 to 13

Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.

  • The Corruption and Crime Commission reviewed the capacity of all four Pilbara local governments to prevent and handle misconduct between 2010 and 2012.

    Report, page 11

  • It examined organisational systems, policies and practices rather than conducting a compliance audit or seeking individual misconduct cases.

    Report, page 41 · Report, page 42

  • The Commission found that all four councils were addressing their exposure, although their progress differed and earlier systematic prevention had been limited.

    Report, page 11 · Report, page 12

  • Its two recommendations sought continued development of comprehensive misconduct systems and progress reports to the Department of Local Government by 30 June 2013.

    Report, page 43

In the body's own words

  1. Opinion

    The Commission views the work both planned and undertaken as positive.

    Report, page 12

  2. Conclusion

    Whatever community perceptions about the existence of such cases, the review did not identify any.

    Report, page 42

Findings, opinions and statements

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 are reproduced in this record. This does not establish that the report contains none.

Recommendations 2

  1. Recommendation 1

    The Commission recommends that the Shire of Ashburton, the Shire of East Pilbara, the Town of Port Hedland and the Shire of Roebourne continue to develop a formal, comprehensive and effective misconduct management strategy and system.

    Report, page 12

  2. Recommendation 2

    The Commission recommends that by 30 June 2013, the Shire of Ashburton, the Shire of East Pilbara, the Town of Port Hedland and the Shire of Roebourne report their progress in developing effective misconduct management strategies and systems to the Department of Local Government.

    Report, page 13

Published responses

No published response was found.

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