5-6 March 2008
Accountability and Corporate Governance in the New Parliament
by Harry Evans Clerk of the Senate
Presented to the Institute for International Research
11th Annual Corporate Governance in the Public Sector Conference
Melbourne, 5-6 March 2008,
The absence of a senate majority in the first term of the Rudd Government is likely to lead to heightened scrutiny and greater parliamentary accountability, and specifically a concentration on public sector governance issues,