In Australia, Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission has this week launched an investigation into recruitment practices at the state’s health department. 

According to the Brisbane Times, the department was subjected to claims of nepotism.

Susan Middleditch, deputy director-general of Queensland Health's corporate services, and Colin McCririck, the recently recruited chief information officer for the government body's new agency eHealth, were stood down late last year.

Queensland Health confirmed in a statement on 1 January that the pair had been stood down following "an internal complaint about recruitment processes".

In a statement yesterday, the commission confirmed Queensland Health notified it of the allegations “of corrupt conduct relating to recruitment processes” in December. 

It assessed those allegations “and has determined it is in the public interest to advise it has commenced an investigation to determine if there has been any corrupt conduct”.

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