HEAD of Service Kathy Leigh was unable to answer questions from the Liberals during Estimates Hearings today (August 30) regarding the reporting of maladministration, corruption and fraud under the ACT Public Sector Management Act.

Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee said that, like the Head of Major Projects the day before, Ms Leigh did not answer the question about how many times maladministration, corruption or fraud was reported to her as required under the Act.

“I am very concerned that of 5664 employees who responded to the ACTPS staff survey, six per cent of staff indicated they had witnessed corruption,” she said.

“The fact that 340 public servants said they had witnessed corruption rings alarm bells; if you extrapolate that representative sample size to the entire ACTPS, that’s 1505 employees who say they have witnessed corruption.

“We have seen a number of recent issues with procurements across the ACTPS including the Campbell Primary Modernisation Project and CIT contracts and looking at these numbers you need to wonder what is not being reported.

“There are serious questions about the integrity over this government and Canberrans deserve answers.”