A GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED Victorian inspector will be able to sit in on witness examinations and be privy to material uncovered in investigations by the ombudsman and the state's new anti-corruption commission.
The final pieces of legislation in the state government's new integrity regime will be introduced into parliament on Tuesday.
The draft laws will replace the Office of Police Integrity with the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC).
Although its permanent head is yet to be announced, the IBAC can start investigations as soon as the legislation passes parliament, which is expected to happen before the end of the year - about 18 months late.
Ron Bonighton is acting commissioner until the end of December.
The IBAC will be responsible for investigating serious corrupt conduct across the state's public service, covering some 250,000 workers including MPs, ministerial staffers and local councillors.
It will also investigate alleged misconduct by Victoria Police sworn and unsworn officers.
There will also be major changes relating to the role of Ombudsman George Brouwer, who will be answerable to a parliamentary committee for the first time.
He, along with the IBAC, will also be monitored by the Victorian Inspectorate, to be led by an inspector who is yet to be announced. The inspector's role will be to ensure the use of covert and coercive powers is lawful and fair.
The Victorian Inspectorate will be able to observe any witness questioning by the ombudsman and the IBAC and have access to material seized during investigations.
The ombudsman will lose the power to make decisions about which complaints can receive whistleblower protections. That power will be transferred to the IBAC.
The minister responsible for the establishment of an anti-corruption commission, Andrew McIntosh, said the government had taken the time to get its integrity regime right to fix a "patchwork system" that had failed Victoria.
"These are the most significant integrity reforms in the history of this state," he said.
"The bills introduced today cap off these reforms."
The IBAC will have the power to bug phones and conduct other surveillance once federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon rubber stamps federal telecommunication interception legislation.
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