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ombudsman-annual-report15-16
ombudsman-annual-report15-16
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PART 4—WHAT WE DO<br />
Table 13: Number of disclosures received and kinds of disclosable conduct<br />
Agency<br />
Number<br />
of PIDs<br />
received by<br />
authorised<br />
officers (s<br />
76(2)(a)(i)<br />
PID Act) 20<br />
Kinds of disclosable conduct to which the<br />
disclosures relate<br />
(s 76(2)(a)(ii) PID Act) 21<br />
1. Department of Defence 194 • Contravention of a law of the<br />
Commonwealth, State or Territory<br />
(36%)<br />
• Maladministration (29%)<br />
• Conduct that may result in disciplinary<br />
action (12%)<br />
• Wastage of Commonwealth resources<br />
(including money and property) (9%)<br />
• Conduct that results in, or that increases,<br />
the risk of danger to the health or safety<br />
of one or more persons (7%)<br />
• Abuse of public office (4%)<br />
• Conduct in a foreign country that<br />
contravenes a law (1%)<br />
• Conduct engaged in for the purpose<br />
of corruption (1%)<br />
• Abuse of public trust (1%)<br />
20 A PID is information that has been assessed as meeting all the requirements under s 26(1) of the PID Act. These statements<br />
do not include reference to disclosures that were received under the PID Act but not assessed as meeting the s 26<br />
requirements.<br />
21 This column details the percentage of each kind of disclosable conduct within the PIDs referred to in Column 1, as reported<br />
by agencies, noting that an individual PID may contain allegations of instances of more than one kind of disclosable conduct.<br />
It should be noted that this table lists the disclosable conduct alleged by the discloser, but does not represent the findings<br />
made at the conclusion of any investigation of the PID.<br />
80 | COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMAN ANNUAL REPORT | 20<strong>15–16</strong>
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