by Lyn Allison | May 19, 2023 | News
Background: The aim of this event was to raise public awareness and encourage participation in Australia’s membership of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), executed through Australia’s multi-stakeholder forum, the Open Government Forum (OGF). The event was a...
by Lyn Allison | Apr 20, 2023 | IBAC, News
“IBAC’s Operation Daintree special report highlights how improper influence compromised the procurement process for a $1.2 million contract awarded to a union-established training group and compromised the management of the contract. The report reveals a range...
by Lyn Allison | Mar 5, 2023 | Annual Integrity Lecture, News
The Jim Carlton Annual Integrity Lecture 2023 was given by Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate, AC, FAA, FRS on 19 April 2023 The subject of the lecture: Integrity and Complex Systems: The Rum Rebellion or the Shearer’s Strike? Much public discussion of...
by Lyn Allison | Feb 24, 2023 | News, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Open Government Week 2023 will be used globally to develop and implement the OGP’s new five-year strategy that seeks to expand and empower the community, making open government the norm across all levels and branches of government, and becoming a hub of stories and...
by Lyn Allison | Jan 27, 2023 | News
Australia Day 65,000 BCE, 1788 CE and 2023: a long perspective. 65,000 BCE Homo sapiens first arrived in Australia about 65,000 years before ‘the common era’, or BCE. We cannot pin down a specific day for their arrival. We don’t use the abbreviations AD or BC of the...
by Lyn Allison | Sep 28, 2022 | Corruption, Media, National Integrity Commission, News
The Accountability Round Table welcomes the introduction of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill and acknowledges this as a breakthrough moment for integrity and accountability of our national government. The Bill provides for the creation of a powerful...