The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC)

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) is responsible for preventing and exposing public sector corruption and police misconduct. This submission provides contextual information about IBAC’s role and purpose and Victoria’s police oversight framework; some of the key resources that guide IBAC’s decision-making and processes in providing oversight of the public sector, including Victoria Police; and explains IBAC’s integrity and oversight functions, including its role, functions and powers relating to police oversight. In setting out Victoria’s police oversight framework, this submission also explains some of the key differences and similarities between IBAC and the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland. This submission contains information about the steps already taken, and to be taken, on IBAC’s actions to improve and change IBAC’s response to complaints from Aboriginal Victorians about public sector corruption and police misconduct.