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...
by Lyn Allison | Sep 5, 2022 | ART Integrity Awards, News
The awards The Button Award for ministers who served on the front bench – The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP for his exemplary performance in raising the level of debate on economic and social issues Dr Leigh said: Humbled to have received the Accountability Round...
by Lyn Allison | Aug 29, 2022 | ART Integrity Awards, News
You are invited to the presentation of the Accountability Round Table Integrity Awards. Four awards will be presented by Chair of ART, Prof Spencer Zifcak at Parliament House on Monday 5 September at 11am. Since 2010 ART has recognised parliamentarians who have...
by jmsthornton | Apr 30, 2022 | Annual Integrity Lecture, News
JIM CARLTON INTEGRITY LECTURE 2022 Accountability Round Table (ART) – Melbourne Law School (MLS) The Hon Barry Jones presented the Annual ART and Melbourne University Law School Jim Carlton Lecture at Melbourne Law School on Friday 29 April 2022 ‘Liberty,...
by jmsthornton | Apr 19, 2022 | News
On Wednesday – 23 March, 2022, ART’s Charles Sampford and Ken Coghill addressed the Victorian Fabian Society on “Political Donations. A problem for our democracy?”. Political donations are a problem because they are reported far past the time...