Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu says he will respond to the ombudsman, who has criticised the IBAC. Source: AAP
VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu says he will respond to the ombudsman over a leaked letter in which the watchdog criticises the government's proposed new anti-corruption regime.
In a letter Mr Baillieu received on Monday night, Ombudsman George Brouwer expressed grave concerns about the new integrity regime, which would see him oversighted by a new body called the Victorian Inspectorate.
"I consider that the scheme is poorly designed (and) that enacting the bills will be a significant backward step for public-sector accountability," Mr Brouwer said in the letter, obtained by Fairfax Media.
The ombudsman would lose his role as a clearing house for whistleblower complaints, which would be transferred to the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC).
Mr Brouwer wants the government to delay debate on the remaining integrity bills before parliament so he can prepare a report on the proposed regime.
Mr Baillieu said he had received Mr Brouwer's letter and would respond appropriately.
"We certainly don't necessarily agree with his commentary but we respect the ombudsman," he told reporters on Tuesday.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said Labor would move amendments to the legislation but ultimately the government had a mandate to overhaul the integrity regime.
He said Labor was concerned some potentially corrupt conduct would be beyond the reach of both the ombudsman and the IBAC.
"We will seek to insert the offence of misconduct in public office," Mr Andrews told reporters.
"There are significant gaps in this model.
"Whether you like the ombudsman or not, he's the ombudsman; he's an officer of this parliament, and when he makes these sorts of stinging criticisms, the premier ought to respond to them."
Mr Andrews said Labor would refer to the IBAC the saga concerning conflicting evidence from Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and his former police secretary Bill Tilley about a plot to replace Simon Overland with his deputy, Sir Ken Jones, as chief of police.
Labor also plans to refer Mr Baillieu's former chief of staff Michael Kapel and Mr Ryan's former adviser Tristan Weston to the IBAC over the Overland affair.
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