by Lyn Allison | May 13, 2019 | News
The Mandarin compares major party commitments on a national integrity commission and says public hearings remains the key issue. See the full document...
by Lyn Allison | May 13, 2019 | News
A remarkable number of voters in Kooyong wrote to last weekend’s Sunday Age (12th March) complaining about extraordinary campaign spending by the sitting MP, Josh Frydenberg. Figures published by the Electoral Commission help explain the extra-ordinary swamping...
by Lyn Allison | May 13, 2019 | News
Lack of serious action in Australia on climate change is in large measure the result of vested interest in the fossil fuel industry having sway over political decisions and this problem is deeply rooted in accountability shortcomings in our parliamentary systems, ie:...
by jmsthornton | May 13, 2019 | National Integrity Commission, News, Public Trust
A critique of the low levels of accountability in Australian government and the lack of a National Integrity Commission by ART member Stephen Charles has been published today in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald (13/05/2019). Stephen has provided ART with the... by Lyn Allison | May 11, 2019 | News
Transparency International Australia (TIA) has written to the major parties asking what action they will take in the next parliament to strengthen parliamentary integrity and our democracy. ‘We are disappointed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has failed to respond...
by Lyn Allison | Mar 25, 2019 | Annual Integrity Lecture, News
The next long wave of reform – where will the ideas come from? ART’s annual Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture, was held in conjunction with the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the Melbourne Law School. In this 2019 Jim Carlton Lecture, Terry...