The CCC conducts audits to examine how public sector agencies have responded to particular types of complaints about corruption and how robust their complaints management and prevention frameworks are.
The audits are also aimed at controlling the risks of corruption. It explains the CCC’s audit focus, its concerns over particular corruption risk areas, and the agencies to be audited.
Our audits for 2021–2023 focus on the topics of public concern including lobbying and the misuse of public resources.
Our plan also allows scope for audits to be conducted in significant risk areas as the need arises.
Lobbying or advocacy on issues of public concern or in the public interest can have many beneficial outcomes for the people of Queensland. However, lobbying can be a corruption risk when its aim is to improperly influence decision-makers to not act in the public interest. 
During 2022–23, the CCC conducted an audit to identify areas where frameworks for managing and recording contact between government representatives and lobbyists could be enhanced.
This Audit Summary – Meetings with lobbyists: are you adequately minimising corruption risks? (December 2024) has been prepared to assist all public authorities to be aware of the corruption risks relating to regulated lobbying and ensure they have suitable frameworks in place to prevent these risks.
In 2021, the CCC conducted a corruption audit of seven agencies to ascertain how effectively they had:
- dealt with allegations of corruption involving misuse of public resources
- reduced the incidence of corruption, and
- minimised the risk of fuel consumption fraud.
The audit found that generally agencies had appropriately dealt with allegations of corruption and had sound controls in place to monitor the use of public resources, including fuel. However, opportunities for improvement were identified in improving bulk fuel management.
View the Audit Summary – Misuse of public resources: how effectively are agencies minimising risk (June 2022) to find out more.
| The CCC’s prevention guide: Minimising fuel fraud in the public sector (April 2026) is designed to help all public sector agencies reduce the risk of fuel theft, fraud and the misuse of public resources. |
The CCC conducts audits to examine how public sector agencies have responded to particular types of complaints about corruption and how robust their complaints management and prevention frameworks are.
The audits are also aimed at controlling the risks of corruption. It explains the CCC’s audit focus, its concerns over particular corruption risk areas, and the agencies to be audited.
Our audits planned for 2021-23 will focus on misuse of public resources, recruitment, and complaint management practices.
Our plan also allows scope for audits to be conducted in significant risk areas as the need arises.
