TAS Public Agencies Must Report Suspected Misconduct to the Integrity Commission

Integrity Commission Amendment (Mandatory Notifications) Bill 2025

House of Assembly

Legislative Council

Assent

Introduced by: Guy Barnett (LIB)

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Public authorities must nominate a mandatory notifier to report misconduct.
Mandatory notifiers must tell the Integrity Commission if they suspect a public officer of misconduct; this applies even if they have confidentiality obligations.
Notifiers don't have to report misconduct if they know someone else already did; they also don't have to report if legal or disciplinary actions ended before the law started.
The Integrity Commission can investigate or report notifiers who fail to notify them.
The Integrity Commission can demand reports on actions taken by a public authority; it can also give advice on how to run an investigation.
Public authorities must stop their own investigations if the Integrity Commission takes over and tells them to stop.
Mandatory notifiers in public authorities must tell the Integrity Commission if they suspect a designated public officer has committed misconduct, or if any public officer has committed serious misconduct.
Mandatory notifiers must still report this behavior even if the person no longer works for that public authority.
Mandatory notifiers do not have to report misconduct if they know someone else has already told the Integrity Commission, or if legal or disciplinary action was finished before this law started.
Public authorities must nominate a mandatory notifier if they are not already listed in the law or if their principal officer position is vacant.
Public authorities must tell the Integrity Commission in writing who their mandatory notifier is, or if a nomination is cancelled. They must also tell the Commission the outcome of any internal investigations into reported misconduct.
The Integrity Commission can investigate or report any mandatory notifier who fails to make a required notification.
The Integrity Commission can give advice to public authorities on how to investigate misconduct or require the authority to provide a report on the actions they are taking.