by jmsthornton | Feb 8, 2020 | ART Publications, Corruption, Federal Government, Ministerial Responsibility, News, Political Funding
McKenzie sacrificial lamb but corruption runs deeper By Stephen Charles AO QC, former Victorian Court of Appeal judge and director of The Centre for Public Integrity. Published online in the Canberra Times February 7 2020 – 4:30AM...
by jmsthornton | Sep 30, 2019 | Prorogation, Rule of Law, United Kingdom
Does the UK Court decision to rule Johnson’s Prorogation of Parliament strengthen or weaken democracy? David Harper, former Judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, and ART member suggests that the UK decision should strengthen democracy. Read...
by jmsthornton | Sep 21, 2019 | Corruption, Federal Government, National Integrity Commission
In 2010 Accountability Round Table published a pamphlet on “Corruption” that remains as relevant today as it was when published. This pamphlet was authored by Tim Smith and published in partnership with The Australian Collaboration. The Hon. Tim Smith is a...
by jmsthornton | Sep 1, 2019 | Corruption, Federal Government, Fitzgerald Principles, Open Government, Queensland Crime Commissions
Stephen Charles 26 August 2019 Held at Griffith University. This is the text of the 2019 Fitzgerald Oration as provided to Accountability Round Table by Stephen Charles. This oration is in honour of Tony Fitzgerald of the Queensland Fitzgerald inquiry which changed...
by jmsthornton | Aug 28, 2019 | News, Open Government, Public Trust, Queensland, Reforms, Trust in Government
2019 Solomon Lecture Accountability in the Age of the Artificial Are big data and artificial intelligence the enemies of the people, the ultimate tools of the oligarch, or the vital tools needed to eliminate bias, improve scrutiny and just outcomes for the visionary?...
