by jmsthornton | Jul 14, 2025 | News, Whistleblowing
ART Submission to the Inquiry into Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025 (No. 2) Accountability Round Table [1] is dedicated to improving government transparency integrity and accountability in Australia, and so approaches this inquiry with a particular focus...
by jmsthornton | Sep 24, 2024 | ART AGM, News
Join us to hear AGM speaker, AEC Commissioner Tom Rogers – 6:45 pm 1st October 2024 at the Woodward Centre, Law Building, 10th floor 106/185 Pelham Street, Carlton. Book HERE for dinner and speaker . Book HERE for Zoom registration Tom Rogers has been the AEC...
by jmsthornton | May 5, 2024 | News, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
On Thursday 2nd May, the Victorian Legislative Council passed an amendment to the Estate Agents, Residential Tenancies and Other Acts Amendment (Funding) Bill 2024, which had previously included wording that abolished the Public Records Advisory Council. This vote...
by jmsthornton | Apr 16, 2024 | News, Public Trust
Our letter to the Premier of Victoria, Jacinta Allen: Dear Premier The Accountability Round Table is concerned by recent reports that the Estate Agents, Residential Tenancies and Other Acts Amendment (Funding) Bill 2024 would abolish the Public Records Advisory...
by jmsthornton | Apr 12, 2024 | News
Whether the source of information is official or unofficial, if it is legitimate information on government decision-making or government behaviour in practice, and it is not a matter to which the same exceptions as apply for FOI requests, it should be in the public...