Integrity and Accountability Conference: Building a resilient public service

April 30, 2024 9:15 am

Integrity and Accountability Conference: Building a resilient public service

Make sure you and your teams are on the front foot in strengthening integrity and accountability in the public service

Integrity and accountability are the bedrock of the public service and a functioning state. Fraud and corruption are a constant risk. This year’s edition of the conference features a keynote address discussing the challenge of developing and maintaining organisational practices and culture at a whole of sector level and program of speakers and panellists addressing these vital issues at organisational and team level.

State and local government and community service entities alike face similar risks. These risks may be reasonably defended against with up-to-date integrity and accountability systems. This biennial conference provides you and your organisation with the latest in organisational culture, frameworks and processes that put you on the front foot in strengthening integrity and accountability in the public service.

You will hear insights from, and can ask questions of, leading practitioners behind proven integrity and accountability practices in the early decades of the 21st century.

This session is suitable for public service professionals across all levels of government in the areas of:

Human resources
Risk management
Finance
Project management
Contract management
Stakeholder engagement

Western Australia must sustain its recent efforts to build more effective integrity and accountability systems. In bringing practitioners together from across the community and public sectors this conference is a vital part of the process.

Member Registration

Non-Member Registration

Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake AO
Chancellery Division,
Office of the Vice-Chancellor & President
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake | Chancellery Division, Office of the Vice-Chancellor & President, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

In February 2022 Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake AO was appointed by the Premier of Queensland, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk to undertake a Review of culture and accountability in the Queensland public sector. The Final Report of that Review, ‘Let the Sunshine In’ was published on 28 June 2022.

In 2018 he completed a Review for the Queensland government dealing with the present and future Queensland public sector workforce.

His deep understanding of the public service and systems of accountability stems from his time as Chair of the Queensland Public Sector Management Commission between 1990 and 1994 and his research leading to the publication in 1989 of the book ‘Working the System: Government in Queensland’.

Professor Coaldrake, is currently the Chief Commissioner of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Australia’s higher education regulatory agency. He took up that role on 1 March 2021.

Professor Coaldrake completed his almost fifteen-year term as Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in December 2017, and is a former Chair of both the peak body for Australia’s Universities, Universities Australia (UA) and the governing board of the OECD’s then higher education group (IMHE).

Catherine Fletcher
Information Commissioner and Chair of the State Records Commission

Catherine Fletcher | Information Commissioner and Chair of the State Records Commission

Catherine holds law degrees and a graduate diploma in business management from the University of Western Australia. She was admitted to practice in Western Australia in 1991.

For most of her career, Catherine has worked as a legal officer in the public sector at both State and Commonwealth agencies including the (formerly named) Crown Solicitors Office, at the Commonwealth and State Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions and at Legal Aid WA.

Catherine, for several years, taught law and legal practice courses at the Articles Training Program (run by the Legal Practice Board) and at the Universities of Notre Dame and Western Australia.

In addition to her legal work Catherine has held numerous voluntary roles on boards and committees including the Law Society of WA, Notre Dame University, Women Lawyers WA and several sporting organisations and governing bodies.

Catherine has always been active in several sports including Masters division water polo, representing WA on several occasions at national amateur surfing titles throughout Australia and has completed, in a team of four, the Rottnest Channel swim on four occasions.

Catherine has always had a keen interest in archival materials and historical research.

Damian Shepherd
Executive Director
State Records Office of Western Australia

Damian Shepherd | Executive Director, State Records Office of Western Australia

Damian is currently the Director State Records and State Archivist. He joined the State Records Office in 2019 after several years with Landgate in various leadership roles including data sharing and customer service.

Damian started his career as a botanist – a rare opportunity to explore and contribute to understanding WA’s unique natural treasures. A passion for helping others discover what is unique about WA and its history continues to be a focus for Damian through digital access to data and information.

Damian’s team at the State Records Office share a mission to provide ‘A secure and discoverable record of government that is valued by our community and used to create a legacy for current and future generations of Western Australians’.

Date, Time & Venue

30 Apr 2024
9:15 AM to 4:30 PM

Venue TBC

Cost

Individual Member

Super Early-bird

$247.00

Corporate Member

Super Early-Bird

$392.00

Non-Member

Super Early-Bird

$572.00

Corporate Member (Group of 10

Super Early-Bird

$3,528.00

Non-Member (Group of 10)

Super Early-Bird

$5,148.00

Super-Early Bird Bookings
Super early-bird bookings are available until 5pm Thursday 30 November, or for the first 50 registrations, (whichever occurs first). Super-Early Bird bookings are transferable but non-refundable.

Individual Member Bookings
Individual Member Bookings may only be transferred to other Individual Members. Transferring to a Corporate or Non-Member will see price amended accordingly.