MEDIA RELEASE

Report tabled – Inquiry into the Integrity Commission’s confidential report into Operation Kite

Today the Chair of Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety, Mr Peter Cain MLA, tabled the Committee’s report for its Inquiry into the Integrity Commission’s confidential report into Operation Kite.

The Committee has made 2 recommendations, including that the ACT Government put in place measures to ensure that ACT Public Service recruitment processes and Board appointments are able to adequately identify and determine suitability of any candidates who have previously received an adverse finding by Integrity Commission reports, including confidential reports.

The Committee’s report, is available on the Assembly’s webpage at

https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/parliamentary-business/in-committees/recent-reports

The Committee would like to thank the Integrity Commission for bringing this report to the Committee’s attention.

Under the Assembly’s standing orders, the ACT Government is required to respond to Committee reports within four months of tabling.

4 September 2024

STATEMENT ENDS.

Committee Chair, Mr Peter Cain MLA on (02) 6205 1927

Committee Secretary, Ms Kathleen de Kleuver, on (02) 6207 0524 or at LACommitteeJCS@parliament.act.gov.au