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 | Jul 24, 2014 | ART Publications, Public Trust, Trust in Government
Smith T 2014 Integrity in Politics? Public Office as a Public Trust? Is there Hope? Paper presented to the University of the Third Age, 23 July 2014 by the Hon. Tim Smith Q.C This paper addresses in more depth than Tim Smith’s 2012 paper, the idea that...
by jmsthornton | Dec 20, 2012 | ART Publications, News, Public Trust, Trust in Government
“Public Office, Public Trust” Lecture. University of Melbourne Law School 2012. The Hon Tim Smith, QC This paper, delivered to the University of Melbourne Law School “Integrity in Government” Search Conference on 4 December 2012, is an...
by jmsthornton | Jun 30, 2012 | ART Publications, Election, News, Submissions, Victoria
Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2010 Victorian State Election Our submission was made to the Victorian Joint Investigatory Committee – Electoral Matters by The Hon Ken Coghill. Our submission can be found here. The details of the inquiry can be found on this...
by jmsthornton | Aug 30, 2011 | ART Publications, Federal, Lobbying, News, Political Funding, Submissions
This post contains three submissions. A main submission and two supplementary submissions to the 2011 Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters Inquiry into the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns. In May 11 and 12 of 2011, the House of...
by arty | Nov 25, 2010 | ART Publications, Freedom of Information, Ministerial Responsibility, Reforms, Victoria
by Tim Smith. The full version here, published as an edited opinion piece, The Age Friday November 26th 2010. Tim Colebatch recently criticised the Brumby Government as having “refused to run an open government” (Ballot box overflowing with choice,...