Abstract
These papers focus primarily on illegal conduct by government agencies and officers in furtherance of government policy. On a continuum of culpability, this may range from extreme malevolence to less heinous transgressions arising from excessive zeal, gross negligence, poor judgment, or honest error.
Proceedings of a seminar held 1-2 October 1986
Contents
- Introduction
David Biles - The role of an ombudsman in curbing government illegality
Professor Jack Richardson - Role of Auditors General
Peter L. Lidbetter - Government illegality and public service boards
Emeritus Professor D.C. Corbett - Royal commissions
Terry Higgins - Parliamentary committees
Senator Janine Haines - Controlling police misconduct, complaints against the police and the process of law reform: as it happens: an academic war story
Matthew Goode - Victoria Police Internal Investigation Department
Assistant Commissioner W.J. Horman - Controlling illegality in prisons departments
Susan Armstrong - The Office of Corrections: a system of checks and balances
Paul Delphine - Controlling governmental crime: issues of individual and collective liability
Professor Brent Fisse - Self-regulation: internal compliance strategies to prevent crime by public organisations
John Braithwaite - Freedom of information: a remedy for government illegality?
Kate Harrison - Investigative journalism and government illegality
Jack Waterford - Whistleblowing
John McMillan - Administrative law
Julian Disney - Civil litigation: prospects and problems
Peter Cashman - Concluding observations on public sector illegality and its control
Peter Grabosky - Participants