17Functions of the Commissioner

17 Functions of the Commissioner

The Commissioner has the following functions: (a) to detect corrupt conduct; (b) to conduct preliminary investigations into corruption issues or possible corruption issues; (c) to conduct corruption investigations into corruption issues that could involve corrupt conduct that is serious or systemic; (d) to report on corruption investigations and public inquiries; (e) to refer corruption issues to Commonwealth agencies and State or Territory government entities; (f) to oversee investigations into corruption issues conducted by Commonwealth agencies; (g) to conduct public inquiries into: (i) the risk of corrupt conduct occurring; and (ii) measures directed at dealing with that risk and preventing that conduct; (h) to provide education and information in relation to corrupt conduct and preventing that conduct; (i) to collect, correlate, analyse and disseminate general information and intelligence about corrupt conduct; (j) to report, and make recommendations, to the Minister concerning the need for, or desirability of, legislative or administrative reform in relation to any matters dealt with by this Act; (k) to provide relevant information and documents to the Committee; (l) to receive public interest disclosures (within the meaning of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013) and to deal with those disclosures; (m) any other functions conferred on the Commissioner by this Act or another Act; (n) to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.