Annual report 2021-22 - Financial performance

Financial performance at a glance

The following is a brief summary of the overall financial position of the agency. The information is unaudited. Full audited financial statements for 2021-22 are attached to this report.

Allocated Resources

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Assets and Liabilities

Consultants disclosure

The following is a summary of external consultants that have been engaged by the agency, the nature of work undertaken, and the actual payments made for the work undertaken during the financial year.

Consultancies with a contract value below $10,000 each

Consultancies with a contract value above $10,000 each

Data for previous years is available at:
https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/annual-reporting-data

See also the Consolidated Financial Report of the Department of Treasury and Finance for total value of consultancy contracts across the South Australian Public Sector.

Contractors disclosure

The following is a summary of external contractors that have been engaged by the agency, the nature of work undertaken, and the actual payments made for work undertaken during the financial year.

Contractors with a contract value below $10,000

Contractors with a contract value above $10,000 each

Data for previous years is available at:
https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/annual-reporting-data

The details of South Australian Government-awarded contracts for goods, services, and works are displayed on the SA Tenders and Contracts website.
View the agency list of contracts.

The website also provides details of across government contracts.

Other information

Reporting and investigating alleged corruption

Reports of alleged potential corruption within the South Australian public sector are received by SAPOL’s Anti-Corruption Section (ACS) from a variety of sources including the Office for Public Integrity (OPI), Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the Australian Crime and Intelligence Commission, the Crown Solicitors Office, SAPOL’s Internal Investigation Section, Crime Stoppers, police officers, members of the public, and from information provided pursuant to the requirements of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018.

In the ordinary course of business, ACS may conduct an initial investigation to assess information to determine whether there is a reasonable suspicion of corruption, or of serious or systemic misconduct or maladministration. Where such a suspicion is subsequently formed the matter is reported to OPI.

In many cases, matters may be ‘filed’ following initial assessment/investigation, where there is no reasonable suspicion of corruption and no supporting evidence to warrant further enquiries into the information.

Where ICAC or OPI have referred a matter to SAPOL to conduct an investigation, the Officer in Charge, ACS (or delegate) will determine whether the investigation is to be conducted by ACS, or sent to another investigation area within SAPOL. In certain circumstances, ACS may commence an investigation into a matter, however will advise OPI of the investigation in accordance with its reporting obligations.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012 changed significantly in October 2021. As a result of these changes, ICAC is no longer able to refer matters to the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecution and must instead refer a matter to a law enforcement agency for further investigation and/or prosecution. The legal definition of corruption was also amended and now limits the type of offences the ICAC has the ability to investigate and then refer to SAPOL. These changes account in part for the increase in investigations from 2020-21 to 2021-22.

It should be noted from time to time the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) may also direct joint investigations with ACS pursuant to the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006. No joint ACS/ACLEI investigations were commenced during this reporting period.

The breakdown of total ACS investigations managed during 2021-22 is recorded below:

A breakdown of the category of the ‘public official’ alleged to have been involved in a potential issue of corruption in public administration is depicted below (as far as can be determined). Where a matter has allegedly involved more than one nominated ‘suspect’, the ‘public official’ status of the primary suspect is recorded.

Data for the previous years is available at:
https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/annual-reporting-data

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