 | Opening Eyes to Misconduct
“It opened my eyes to situations I had not thought about before” and “I took down 18 relevant points from the discussion” are two of the comments from participants at the Commission’s well attended Misconduct Resistance Practitioners’ Forum on September 27 in Perth.
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 | Misconduct at Universities
Hypotheticals organised by the Commission and the University of Western Australia (UWA) and Edith Cowan University (ECU) have been used for the first time to examine misconduct risks at universities.
The Commission’s Acting Manager Corruption Prevention, Tony Warwick, said universities are unique environments and have their own misconduct risks.
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 | Check up for Wheatbelt Health Services
A small team of Commission officers is examining misconduct handling systems and how complaints of misconduct have been dealt with by health services in the Wheatbelt.
The Western Hospital district, which includes Northam and Goomalling Hospitals, was visited at the end of October and the Southern Hospital district, which includes Narrogin and Pingelly Hospitals and the Wickepin Nursing Post, was visited in December.
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 | Heavy Haulage RisksEnforcing compliance is acknowledged as an area of misconduct risk, which is why members of the Commission’s Corruption Prevention area visited the Heavy Vehicle Operations Area of Main Roads in October.
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 | Case Study 1 - Misusing a PositionThis case involved a senior licensing officer using his inside knowledge of the system and misrepresenting advice he had been given to get out of paying a relatively small fine.
The registration of a vehicle registered to the senior officer had expired and he had not renewed it or returned the plates within 15 days of the expiry of the three-month period allowed. In this situation a fine is normally imposed.
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 | Case Study 2 - Facebook IdlenessThe saying “idle hands are the devil’s tools” could well apply to a public officer who was bored at work and decided to post a message on his Facebook page. |
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 | Case Study 3 - Dismissal Over use of Hospital DrugsA hospital received a complaint that a nurse may have been misusing addictive scheduled drugs, namely Panadeine Forte.
As a so-called Schedule 4 drug, the handling of Panadeine Forte is tightly controlled by both legislation and policy. The drugs are locked up at all times and the use of each tablet is recorded in a register which is audited daily.
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 | Successful Anti-corruption Conference in FremantleMore than 500 delegates attended the Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference (APSAC Conference) in Fremantle from 15 – 17 November.
The Corruption and Crime Commission’s Director Corruption Prevention, Roger Watson, said the Conference was an outstanding success with 242 interstate and 50 international delegates from 20 countries including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, China, South Korea and New Zealand joining the more than 170 local delegates.
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