Statistics for the APS commission

Table 4: Whistleblowing reports received by the Public Service Commissioner, 2010–11

2010–11
Number of reports

On hand at the start of the reporting period
4
Received
17
Finalised
11
On hand at the end of the reporting period
10
Source of reports

Current APS employees
14
Former APS employees
3
Action by Commissioner

Referred to agency head for consideration
7
Investigated under whistleblowing powers
1
No further action or referred elsewhere
3

No transparency at the APS Commission

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No accountability or transparency by the Australian Public Service Commission

Posted on February 9, 2012 by fionabrown01

Where is the transparency at the Australian Public Service Commission?
Why have the APS Commission failed to name the Government Agencies referred to the APS Commission.?????
How did they deal with these complaints???
There was no complaints made to the APS Commission in the financial year other than APS employees or ex employees.
The negativity I experienced when having Veronique Ingram and Alison Larkins referred to the APS Commission is confronting. It is clear that the APS Commission discourage such complaints.
So….
1.Ihave the evidence in a 1,000 page file of the systemic corrupt conduct by senior Management at ITSA. Veronique Ingram is aware of this and as Agency Head has failed to act accordingly.
1.III have the evidence that the Commonwealth Ombudsman has spent enormous resources attempting to cover this up.
1.III I now have the evidence that I experienced having this referred to the APS Commission in emails.
Where is the BLOODY accountability in Government Agencies????? .
Steve Sedgwick, APS Commissioner is failing to have the APS Code of Conduct and Ethics enforced in Government Departments because he has failed to put the appropriate accountability in place.
It is even more difficult when Veronique Ingram is aware that Adam Toma is promoting Systemic Corrupt Conduct on ITSA’s internal Audit Committee.
How will Steve Sedgwick cover up my complaint when I have so much EVIDENCE????

Table 4: Whistleblowing reports received by the Public Service Commissioner, 2010–11

2010–11
Number of reports

On hand at the start of the reporting period
4
Received
17
Finalised
11
On hand at the end of the reporting period
10
Source of reports

Current APS employees
14
Former APS employees
3
Action by Commissioner

Referred to agency head for consideration
7
Investigated under whistleblowing powers
1
No further action or referred elsewhere
3

APS Commission, get the bloody file from the Commonwealth Ombudsman

Posted on February 8, 2012 by fionabrown01

This is specifically for the those in the Australian Public Service Commission ,particularly Steve Sedgwick. I refer to the email sent to me yesterday.
Do not refer to these as ‘Allegations”
The APS Act makes Veronique Ingram and Alison Larkins responsible for ensuring the code of conduct is upheld in the respective Government Department. The APS is aware of this.
How many times do I need to tell the APS Commission that evidence of systemic corrupt conduct at ITSA is in the file being held at the Commonwealth Ombudsman. Canberra is not such a large place. Go and get the file which is approximately 1’000 pages.
I understand the APS does not want to expose these two Senior Public Servants and would also prefer to have this matter covered up.
How much evidence do you want me to provide that ITSA is using section 134(3) and this is being instigated by the Principal Legal Officer??? How much more evidence would you like me to provide??? The Commonwealth Ombudsman would have notified her of this!!!

ITSA deliberately misled the Ombudsman and then the Ombudsman covered this up. This is a breach of S15 of the Ombudsman’s Act and a breach of the APS Code of Conduct. Is there a problem with the APS Commission understanding this ?????

Evidence in the File.
Any conversation or meeting I had with senior Management at ITSA that concerned me was to be dealt with in the following way….
I was to leave a signed statement at reception of ITSA cnr Park and Elizabeth st Sydney in an envelope. I was to take a note of the person who I left it with and if possible get their name. When I got in the lift I made a note of the exact time. I then sent the senior staff member at ITSA an email notifying them of my statement. This gave the person the opportunity to recant or correct the situation if they felt it was incorrect. This was then to be placed in my file which was in chronological order.
On other occasions the statement was sent to the senior staff member of ITSA by registered post which was signed for on delivery. This was then to be put into my file.
On another occasions an email was sent confirming the conversation as with the Principal Legal Officer Mathew Osborne on the 10th February 2010. I also confirmed this conversation with Mark Findlay.
The FMA Act requires the Veronique Ingram to form an internal Audit committee. Veronique Ingram has been made aware that Adam Toma is promoting corrupt conduct at ITSA and has failed to act accordingly. In fact all the Senior staff at ITSA has been informed by the senior Legal adviser to do this. Adam Toma has been promoted by Veronique Ingram to the Internal Audit Committee. Corrupt conduct on the internal Audit committee is very helpful to Veronique Ingram in helping her achieve targets. This also distorts ITSA’s statistics in their Annual report.

I was then told by ITSA if I did not like their conduct I should take it to the Commonwealth Ombudsman. The Attorney Generals department was given a copy of this file. I was advised by them this should go to the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
I was then advise that I should never speak to the Commonwealth Ombudsman by phone. All correspondence should be in email so I had this as evidence. I went to extensive lengths to explain what was occurring at ITSA and how Veronique Ingram was failing in her responsibility as Inspector General at ITSA.

So Steve Sedgwick, instead of trying to cover this up and hoping this will go away I will tell you it is not.
Do not try and discredit my evidence.
ITSA had the opportunity at the time to correct this however they did not.
All correspondence with the Commonwealth Ombudsman was by email so I have this as evidence.
All correspondence with the APS Commission in now in email so I have this as my evidence
Get the file from the Commonwealth Ombudsman and go through it.

OH My GOD, How many times do I need to explain this to Public Servants??????????????

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Email to the Governor General RE Alison Larkins

Posted on February 7, 2012 by fionabrown01

ATT
Quentin Bryce
Governor General

Dear Governor General,
I understand the you will be appointing a new Commonwealth Ombudsman in the near future.
This is to be on the recommendation of the Australian Government .
I understand the selection process is being facilitated by a professional selection agency. The selection process is to asses the candidates against set selection criteria.
I have also been informed the APS Commissioner is to be represented on the selection panel and could bring to the attention of the panel any substantial information of relevant investigations of candidates However, I am not at all confident that I have any assurance that the APS Commission would carry this out .
The role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman is to safeguard the Community in its dealings with Australian Government Agencies.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman’s office handles complaints, conducts investigations performs audits and inspections,encourages good administration and carries out specialist oversight tasks.
Section 15 of the Commonwealth Ombudsman Act requires that the relevant Government Minister be notified of any systemic corrupt conduct in a particular Government AgencyAt present Alison Larkins is the Acting Commonwealth Ombudsman after the resignation of Allan Asher because of conduct which was not considered impartial.
Extensive evidence was given to the Commonwealth Ombudsman in November 2010 of systemic corrupt conduct by senior management at the Insolvency Trustee Service Australia. This is the Government Agency that administers the Bankruptcy Act.
Instead of exposing this the Commonwealth Ombudsman did a deal with this agency to cover this up. The acting Commonwealth Ombudsman Alison Larkins was aware of this and failed to act. This makes Alison Larkins unfit to act as the Commonwealth Ombudsman and also to hold her position as Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman.
I have no confidence in the APS Commissioner Steve Sedgwick. This was brought to the attention of the APS in early December.
Although I requested an update on this at regular intervals Karin Fisher refused to reply to me. This clearly made me very uneasy that the APS Commission was also attempting to cover this up.
This clearly shows a complete breakdown in accountability in the Australian Public Service.
It is absolutely atrocious that The Commonwealth Ombudsman made a deal to coverup misconduct at the Insolvency trustee Service Australia and the difficulty I faced when I first contacted the APS Commission in regard to this was also atrocious. I am quite sure the APS Commissioner would have disregarded my complaint if I had not brought it to the attention of so many people and posted it on my blog.
Any letter of complaint are shuffled between Government Agencies with no resolution . This can not be seen as proper Government practice.
Alison Larkins, Acting Commonwealth Ombudsman has wasted an enormous amount of resources attempting to justify this conduct where there is definitely no justification.
I am requesting that you personally assure that the next Commonwealth Ombudsman is NOT Alison Larkins and have the APS Commission remove her from her current position of Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman.
I am also asking that you make Steve Sedgwick accountable.
Thanking you
Fiona Brown

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Hi Renee,
I am just following up on my request for the contact details of the person or people that are considering the applications for the position of Commonwealth Ombudsman . I am sure you are aware Alison Larkins has been referred to the Australian Public Service Commission for covering up systemic corrupt conduct at the  Insolvency Trustee Service Australia. This is the Government Agency that regulates the bankruptcy Act.
I am certain that Steve Sedgwick the APS Commissioner will attempt to cover this up, so I am asking that I be given the details .
If you can supply me with an email that will be satisfactory.
Thanking you
Fiona Brown

How will the APS Commission cover this up and why the Commonwealth Ombudsman covers up for Government departments

If anyone has  a complaint about a Government Agency and brings it to the attention of the relevant Minister, Prime Minister or Treasury just expect nothing will be done.
The Government will not deal with these matters because   the liability is enormous.
I have a fucking load of letters of one department referring a  problem to the other.
The funniest of the the all is when you are referred to the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman  will not expose systemic corruption or any other  similar complaint because it will expose the Government to enormous liability.
 So, my advice is to those who read this in Australia and those who are reading this in America, never ever speak to the Ombudsman on the telephone. Always , Always correspond by email so you have the evidence that they cannot deny.
Now the matter has been referred to the APS Commission and the APS Commissioner Steve Sedgewick.
How  will they try and cover this up?? I have it all in writing  from the Commonwealth Ombudsman Steve. What deal will you do to make this go away.???
Why did the dumb fucks at the Commonwealth Ombudsman attempt to cover it up when they already were aware of the extensive evidence that I had on ITSA.
Is there more than systemic corrupt conduct at ITSA????   Is there actual corruption  at ITSA that Senior Management is involved in and the Commonwealth Ombudsman is protecting??? Are Trustee's profiting from using S134(3)???? Mathew Osborne's advice to trustee's to use this section to breach the Bankruptcy Act has not been disciplined by Veronique Ingram. Why not???

How will Steve Sedgewick cover this one UP???????

How will Steve Sedgewick coverup this one for the APS????

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From: fionabrown01@hotmail.com
To: gary.gray.mp@aph.gov.au
Subject: Systemic corrupt Conduct
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:50:46 +1100

Dear Mr Gray,
I refer to the email I received from you on the 9th December 2011 which is 2 months ago.
I understand you are the Minister for the Public Service and Integrity.
I  brought the matter of the Head of ITSA failing  her responsibility and  failing to discipline Systemic Corrupt Conduct by Senior Management. This conduct was instigated by the Principal Legal Officer.
This  evidence was given to the Commonwealth Ombudsman. Alison Larkins acting Commonwealth Ombudsman is aware of it.
According to the Commonwealth Ombudsman's Act S15 this behaviour should have been brought to the attention of the Attorney General, however the Commonwealth Ombudsman instead covered this up and put  no action in place that this would not occur again in the future.
You will be aware the Commonwealth Ombudsman's position  has been advertised and the applicants are now being considered. I am sure it would be ethical of you to notify the appropriate people that Alison Larkins in unfit to be considered. In fact she is unfit also to hold the position of deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman.
 Both Veronique Ingram and Alison Larkins have wasted considerable recourses attempting to cover this up. To expose this is in the public interest.
I am now extremely concerned that the Australian Public Service Commission  will also cover this up.  
My evidence of Systemic Corrupt Conduct at ITSA is considerable.
I only communicated with the Commonwealth Ombudsman by email so I have this as my evidence. The is no possibility that the Commonwealth Ombudsman misunderstood my evidence. This shows  an absolute breakdown of Integrity at ITSA and the Commonwealth Ombudsman. Both Alison Larkins and Veronique Ingram are unfit to hold these positions.
I beleive Steve Sedgewick will also attempt to cover this up.
Please ensure this does not occur.
Thank You
Fiona Brown

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