An ICAC investigation has found the Department of Innovation and Skills 'enabled' a dodgy contractor to defraud it 'hundreds of thousands of dollars over several years.'
South Australia's anti-corruption watchdog has revealed "political sensitivities" were partly to blame for public servants failing to report potentially criminal behaviour to the Office of Public Integrity.
The report suggests that may have been partly due to perceived political pressure, through an "awareness" that employment and training was a key policy agenda of the then-Liberal government. The report notes that attempts were made to manage the situation internally, with a consultancy firm engaged to confirm the financial shortfall.
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