Last update: 28/09/2026

Operation Kingscliff was an investigation into a Senior Executive Service officer in the Department of Home Affairs and her involvement in the transfer of the sister’s fiancé to Home Affairs under section 26 of the Public Service Act 1999. 

The Commission found the official had engaged in corrupt conduct by abusing her office to give her sister and her sister’s fiancé an improper benefit, and by misusing official information.

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