Watchdog’s report finds unnamed organisation breached rules on gifts, spending at least $30,000 on memorials for staff who died in circumstances unrelated to work
Taxpayers footed the bill for public servants’ funeral costs after a Victorian organisation doled out at least $30,000 to memorialise staff in a breach of official rules.
Despite that, it bought crystal bowls costing almost $500 each to give as long service awards and gave an executive an antique hat costing more than $150 as a leaving present, Victoria’s integrity watchdog has revealed. The public sector organisation, which the watchdog did not name, also footed the bill for thousands of dollars worth of traffic fines, which should have been paid by staff.
Just how much was spent on funerals was impossible to know, given not all the organisation’s invoices were accurately recorded, the Victorian ombudsman found.The watchdog, which on Wednesday revealed the practice in a report on misconduct in public organisations, said some workers believed they were justified in how they spent public money.
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