SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON VICTORIA’S HIDDEN CHAIN OF INFLUENCE.
The Accountability Round Table is calling on all political parties to prioritise the introduction of legislation that prevents the continuation of Victoria's hidden web of influencers and to do so within the first six months of forming government after the November...
IBAC REFORM UPDATE: A WIN FOR INTEGRITY AS REFORMS PASS PARLIAMENT
Last week the Victorian Parliament passed the Government's IBAC reform Bill, with significant amendments. This is a major win for integrity in Victoria. ART recognises that the latest amendments to the IBAC draft Bill reflect a decade of persistence by ART in...
ROYAL COMMISSION UPDATE: LASTING REFORM IS THE KOURIS ROYAL COMMISSION’S MOST IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT.
Last week, the Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria held its first public hearing before Commissioner the Hon. Christopher Kourakis AC.This is a moment ART has worked towards for years. We...
Enhancing government accountability
28 July 2026 ART welcomes the opportunity to enhance government accountabilityWhere there is huge wastage of public funds on major projects, and particularly where organisations aligned to governmentbenefit from those public funds, corruption issues inevitably arise...
The right to advocate
The tax-deductible status many charities rely on was designed to encourage public benefit, not to discourage advocacy the government would rather not hear.https://www.accountabilityrt.org/submission-to-the-royal-commission-on-antisemitism-and-social-cohesion/
Zero tolerance for corruption. But zero interest in investigating it.
Only a Royal Commission can fully investigate serious or systemic wrongdoing, make findings and far-reaching recommendations concerning the decade or more of what the state Government itself acknowledges to be a"rotten culture" in the Big Build.A Royal Commission into...
GOVERNMENT MUST LEGISLATE IBAC REFORM NOW, NOT AFTER THE ELECTION
The Accountability Round Table (ART) welcomes the willingness of the Victorian Government to give in principlesupport to the December 2025 carefully considered recommendations of the Parliamentary Integrity and OversightCommittee (IOC) that IBAC should be given the...
Victoria’s board appointment system lacks independent oversight
Victoria's system of public board appointments undermines the requirements of public trust, the Accountability Round Table said today, responding to reporting revealing that Labor Party members and close allies hold around one in 10 of the state's 1,800 paid board...
Civil society orgs. unite for democracy
Here is our joint statement: 16 April 2026 Dear Premier, Leader of the Opposition, Party Leaders, and Independent MPs, Re: Commit to Donations Transparency Amidst Electoral Law Void We represent civil society organisations committed to the protection and strengthening...
High Court finds political donation caps unconstitutional
The High Court decision will force political parties to come up with fairer solutions to issues of campaign financing, however, unless electors are vigilant, some of the deeper-seated problems may not be dealt with. The Victorian Government must now introduce...