How the record is kept

Scope

The Observatory records investigations opened by the Senate, the House of Representatives, joint committees of the National Assembly and the State Houses of Assembly, where the subject is corruption, fraud, the integrity of public office, or the collection, spending and safekeeping of public funds and assets. Investigations opened by the executive, anti-corruption agencies or the police are outside its scope, as are probes into policy, safety or environmental questions with no public-money or integrity element.

Where entries come from

Each entry rests on at least one published source: the House of Representatives order papers and other National Assembly documents, and reports in the national press. The record began with the Center's earlier Probes Monitor and has been extended to November 2026 with probes opened by the 10th National Assembly.

How each entry is checked

Every entry was checked twice. The opening date was compared with the publication date of the report of the probe's launch, and with any date in the text. Duplicate entries describing the same probe were merged and their sources combined. Entries that described a different probe from their source were corrected or removed. Where only the month or year of opening could be established, the entry says so.

Dates

The opening date is the date the assembly resolved to investigate or the committee was constituted, as shown by the earliest dated report found. Days without a report are counted from that date to 11 November 2026.

Sums at issue

The sum shown is the largest amount the probe was set up to examine, as stated in the resolution or the report of its launch. It is the sum under question, not a sum proven missing.

Corrections

The record is only as complete as the public record. If you hold a committee report, a hansard reference or a dated report that changes an entry, write to info@fiscaltransparency.org with the record ID. Corrections are made once the document is verified.