Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner

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Western Australian State Government

• Auditor General (external website) The Auditor General is a key provider of independent and impartial information on public sector accountability and performance to the Parliament including financial management of agencies. The Auditor General’s website gives you access to the Reports that have been tabled in Parliament.
• Corruption and Crime Commission (external website) The Commission accepts and can investigate allegations of misconduct by Western Australian police officers and public officers including officers employed in local government.
• Department of the Premier and Cabinet (external website) A portal to all websites from the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
• Integrity Coordinating Group (external website) The Integrity Coordinating Group has been formed to promote and strengthen integrity in WA public bodies.
• Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (external website) The Office of EEO is responsible for evaluating and reporting on public authority progress towards the achievement of a diverse workforce. Their website provides you access to many publications on diversity.
• Ombudsman Western Australia (external website) The Ombudsman is an independent and impartial person whose office investigates complaints from individuals about Western Australian Government agencies, statutory authorities, local governments and public universities.
• Parliament of Western Australia (external website) The Parliamentary Services Department provides quality support services and resources to the Presiding Officers, members of Parliament and the chamber departments of the Parliament of Western Australia.
• Public Sector Commission (external website) The Public Sector Commission aims to enhance the independence, professionalism and integrity of the Western Australian public sector.

Commonwealth

• Australian Public Service Commission (external website) The Australian Public Service Commission promotes good practice in managing people, supports leadership and learning and development in the Australian Public Service (APS), fosters ethical behaviour and workplaces that value diversity.
  • Contact details for regional offices (external website) Your regional Commission office provides a local focus for Commission services.
• Australian Government Gateway (external website) The australia.gov.au website is your connection with government in Australia. It links to information and services on around 900 Australian Government websites as well as selected state and territory resources. Australia.gov.au also searches over four million web pages from Australian, State and Territory Governments.

Other State and Territory Public Service Commissioners

• Australian Capital Territory (external website)
• New South Wales (external website)
• Northern Territory (external website)
• Queensland (external website)
• South Australia (external website)
• Tasmania (external website)
• Victoria (external website)

National and International

• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) (external website) The OECD provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies.
• Ethics Resource Centre (external website) The Ethics Resource Center is devoted to independent research and the advancement of high ethical standards and practices in public and private institutions.
• Transparency International - The coalition against corruption (external website) Transparency International is the leading global non-governmental organisation devoted to combating corruption. Its mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.
• Transparency International Australia (external website) Australian national chapter of Transparency International (TI).
• St James Ethics Centre - Australia (external website) St James Ethics Centre is a fully independent not-for-profit organisation which provides a non-judgemental forum for the promotion and exploration of ethics and ethical decision-making.
• State Services Commission - New Zealand (external website) The State Services Commission is the Government’s lead advisor on New Zealand’s public management system and works with government agencies to support the delivery of quality services to New Zealanders.
• Committee on Standards in Public Life - UK (external website) An independent advisory body to the UK Government, who monitors, reports and makes recommendations on all issues relating to standards in public life.
• Civil Service - UK (external website) The Civil Service is one of the most diverse organisations in the United Kingdom. There are 23 main Whitehall departments and 66 executive agencies delivering services to the citizen through networks of offices and outlets which number in the thousands.
• Public Service Commission of Canada (external website) The Public Service Commission of Canada is an independent agency responsible for safeguarding the values of a professional Public Service: competence, non-partisanship and representativeness.
• Standards Australia (external website) Standards Australia is recognised by the Government as Australia's peak Standards body. It coordinates standardisation activities, develops internationally aligned Australian Standards® that deliver Net Benefit to Australia, and facilitates the accreditation of other Standards Development Organisations.

Quick Links

• Public Sector Standards in Human Resource Management PDF 371Kb
• Code of Ethics PDF, 278Kb
• Questions and Answers: Principles in Human Resource Management PDF 278Kb
• Conduct Guide PDF, 1.27MB
• Conflict of Interest: Guidelines PDF 993Kb
• Grievance Toolkit PDF 433Kb
• Public Interest Disclosure Officer contact list Excel 115Kb
• Standards Framework Word 1.78MB
• Good Governance Principles PDF 346Kb
• Managing Interest: a checklist Word 958Kb