Bureaucrats taking action only after questions on notice reveals ‘failure of internal controls’: Shoebridge

Bureaucrats taking action only after questions on notice reveals ‘failure of internal controls’: Shoebridge

Some government departments are only prompted to clean house and fix issues quickly once they are asked some questions during senate estimates, according to Greens senator David Shoebridge. 

 Shoebridge had been quizzing the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner about a range of investigations into data breaches that had not been finalised. 

It was prodding and poking from Shoebridge that resulted in four investigations being finalised by the OAIC with the longest of the four running 804 days and the shortest running for 250 days.