Annual Report - COMPLETE - Australian Crime Commission

Governance - External scrutiny
The ACC’s governance framework provides the structure for strategic planning
and effi cient decision-making. The framework encompasses internal and external
governance arrangements and refl ects the multi-jurisdictional nature of the ACC.
General oversight of, and direction to, ACC activities is undertaken by a number
of bodies, illustrated in Figure 1. These are in addition to the checks and balances
provided by the legal system.
Figure 1.1: External scrutiny and governance of the ACC
The principal external governance bodies include the Minister for Justice and
Customs, the ACC Board, the Inter-Governmental Committee on the ACC
(IGC-ACC) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee of the ACC (PJC).
Minister for Justice and Customs
The Commonwealth Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator the Hon Chris Ellison,
has overall responsibility for the administration of the ACC. He is also the Chairman of
the IGC-ACC which monitors the work of the ACC and oversees its strategic direction.
The Minister may give directions and issue guidelines to the ACC Board and may
enter into agreements with the states and territories on the secondment of staff. The
Minister can also make decisions on the release of sensitive information.
Inter-Governmental Committee on the ACC
The role of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC-ACC) on the ACC is to monitor
the work and performance of the ACC and ACC Board, oversee strategic direction,
receive reports from the ACC Board for transmission to the governments represented
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