by Emma | Sep 30, 2026 | News
The Accountability Round Table is calling on all political parties to prioritise the introduction of legislation that prevents the continuation of Victoria’s hidden web of influencers and to do so within the first six months of forming government after the...
by Emma | Sep 30, 2026 | News
Last week the Victorian Parliament passed the Government’s IBAC reform Bill, with significant amendments. This is a major win for integrity in Victoria. ART recognises that the latest amendments to the IBAC draft Bill reflect a decade of persistence by ART in...
by Emma | Sep 30, 2026 | News
Last week, the Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria held its first public hearing before Commissioner the Hon. Christopher Kourakis AC.This is a moment ART has worked towards for years. We...
by Emma | Jul 28, 2026 | Corruption, IBAC, IBAC, Ministerial Responsibility, News, Public Trust, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
28 July 2026 ART welcomes the opportunity to enhance government accountabilityWhere there is huge wastage of public funds on major projects, and particularly where organisations aligned to governmentbenefit from those public funds, corruption issues inevitably arise...
by Emma | Jun 30, 2026 | Lobbying, News
The tax-deductible status many charities rely on was designed to encourage public benefit, not to discourage advocacy the government would rather not...
by Emma | Jun 29, 2026 | News
Only a Royal Commission can fully investigate serious or systemic wrongdoing, make findings and far-reaching recommendations concerning the decade or more of what the state Government itself acknowledges to be a”rotten culture” in the Big Build.A Royal...