by jmsthornton | Aug 25, 2018 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Federal Government, Open Government, Public Trust, Reforms, Trust in Government
A National Symposium, Australia’s Public Integrity Institutions: Strengths, Weaknesses, Options was held in Canberra on 21 August 2018, auspiced by Griffith University Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Transparency International Its purpose was to identify...
by jmsthornton | Aug 6, 2018 | Corruption, Office of Police Integrity, Victoria
Former OPI director Michael Strong tipped for watchdog role By Cameron Houston & Ben Preiss From https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-opi-director-michael-strong-tipped-for-watchdog-role-20180805-p4zvn4.html 5 August 2018 — 5:00pmFormer Office of...
by jmsthornton | Jun 12, 2018 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria
Former judge Stephen Charles says a federal ICAC is more important than ever. By Nick O’Malley 11 June 2018 — 12:01am https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/former-judge-stephen-charles-says-a-federal-icac-is-more-important-than-ever-20180610-p4zkm0.html...
by jmsthornton | May 11, 2018 | Corruption, Federal Government, National Integrity Commission, Public Service, Reforms, Trust in Government
Colleen Lewis, member of Accountability Round Table, has penned an article for the Canberra Times calling for a similar level of scrutiny of the public sector as applies to the banks through the Banking Royal Commission. Find the original article here....
by jmsthornton | Apr 30, 2018 | Corruption, Freedom of Information, News, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Political Funding
The ART submission to the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan round 2 calls for some specific reforms to accountability and openness processes. CONTENTS 1. WHY WE NEED A FEDERAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION What evidence of corruption is there? Why do we...
by jmsthornton | Jan 29, 2018 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Lobbying
Ken Coghill, Accountability Round Table member, warns of risks to government integrity from the sharing of confidential government information of commercial interest by those who move from the government to the private sector. This article is reposted from The Age and...