by jmsthornton | Nov 27, 2014 | ART Publications, Federal Government, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Submissions
Accountability Round Table is a proponent of strong Freedom of Information provisions at every level of government. We were concerned at the apparent watering down of FOI provisions at the Federal level by amendment to the Freedom of Information Act. The Bill in...
by jmsthornton | Nov 16, 2014 | Auditor General, Victoria
Victoria’s outdated Audit Act needs urgent attention Date: November 16, 2014 John Doyle, Des Pearson, Wayne Cameron and Ches Baragwanath The following piece was written by four auditors-general of Victoria: John Doyle, who presently holds the position, and his...
by jmsthornton | Oct 27, 2014 | Federal Government, Ministerial Responsibility, Public Trust, Victoria
A timely editorial in The Age on Saturday 24th October, “Politicians must be seen to honour public trust” argued that “Tourism Minister Andrew Robb’s investments in restaurants and the promotion of one of them by a government agency is a...
by jmsthornton | Oct 23, 2014 | Annual Integrity Lecture
Accountability Round Table, in association with Melbourne University Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, presents our Annual Integrity Lecture. This year, Michelle Grattan AO (Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra & Chief Political Correspondent,...
by jmsthornton | Oct 21, 2014 | Corruption, Federal, Federal Government, Ministerial Responsibility, News, Open Government
Following on from the revelations of the NSW ICAC, there have been a number of calls for a “federal ICAC” or federal anti -corruption commission. This year, there were a number of initiatives to try to establish such a commission. The earliest appeal for a...