Corporate reports

Annual report 2021/22

This annual report outlines IBAC's work in the 2021/22 financial year to build a corruption-resistant Victorian public sector. It details our operational and financial performance, achievements, and how we work to prevent and expose public sector corruption and police misconduct.

This annual report outlines IBAC's work in the 2021/22 financial year to build a corruption-resistant Victorian public sector. It details our operational and financial performance, achievements, and how we work to prevent and expose public sector corruption and police misconduct.

This report is a key accountability document and one way we report on our activities and outcomes to our stakeholders: the Parliament of Victoria, Victoria Police, public sector leaders and employees, and the Victorian community.

Key achievements

IBAC's key achievements in 2021/22 include:

  • reviewing 258 police investigations, a 303 per cent increase on 2020/21
  • receiving 3728 complaints/notifications, a 30 per cent increase on 2020/21
  • assessing 5646 allegations of suspected corruption or police misconduct, a 13 per cent increase on 2020/21
  • commencing 30 investigations and preliminary inquiries into alleged serious public sector corruption and police misconduct
  • completing 19 investigations and preliminary inquiries
  • making 28 formal recommendations (under the IBAC Act) for public sector agencies, including Victoria Police, to improve their systems, practices and controls
  • delivering 125 corruption prevention initiatives, an eight per cent increase on 2020/21.
Break down of allegations and how they were handles across 2021/22