Here's an idea I'd like to float by you before we get an opportunity to look at some foreign systems and how they work. Does the Integrity Commissioner need police powers and anti-corruption experts? Should this organization be responsible as a general clearing house for whistle-blowers, not just in the public or civil service but whistle-blowing generally, so that they could have the expertise and be available? Then they wouldn't be so obviously beholden to the civil service, because their job would be to root out wrongdoing and defend whistle-blowers rather than to prevent wrongdoing and protect departments.
On February 9th, 2017. See this statement in context.