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...
by jmsthornton | Jan 24, 2018 | Corruption, Federal Government, National Integrity Commission, News
Stephen Charles, Accountability Round Table member, warns against Australia adopting the Victorian IBAC Anticorruption model for a National Anticorruption body. This article is reposted from The Age and is available at its original source here. ‘Weak and...
by jmsthornton | Nov 24, 2017 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Election, Fitzgerald Principles, Ministerial Responsibility, Open Government, Political Funding, Queensland, Reforms
The letter below from Jackie Trad, Deputy Premier of Queensland, was received by Tim Smith and David Solomon in response to our request for all party commitments on openness and transparency and the principles of “Public Trust”. It follows from the letter...
by jmsthornton | Mar 20, 2017 | Corruption, Federal Government, National Integrity Commission, Whistleblowing
Griffith University and Transparency International have released a new discussion paper as an outcome of the National Integrity Conference held in Brisbane over 16 – 17 March 2017; A Federal Anti-Corruption Agency for Australia? DISCUSSION PAPER #1 Strengthening...
by jmsthornton | Nov 23, 2016 | Corruption, National Integrity Commission, New South Wales
The NSW ICAC has been under sustained political pressure from those who stand to gain by weak investigatory bodies, to wind back its powers to investigate corruption in public service since its inquiry into Margaret Cuneen, and investigations into the Liberal Party....