by Lyn Allison | Sep 29, 2021 | News, Open Government
Australia risks accusations of rejecting a central feature of the liberal democratic ideals that Prime Minister Morrison eagerly embraced in June at the Perth USAsia Centre. Open government was the first of the themes he advocated, saying: Supporting open societies,...
by Lyn Allison | Sep 27, 2021 | Federal Government, Freedom of Information, News, Open Government
ART Chair, Fiona McLeod AO SC, Professor Spencer Zifcak, Stuart Hamilton and Dr Ken Coghill appeared today before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee into the COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. Here is the video of our presentation to...
by Lyn Allison | Sep 20, 2021 | National Integrity Commission, News
Stephen Charles, Director of ART The Coalition has been promising Australia a federal Integrity Commission for nearly three years, and Christian Porter (when Attorney-General) produced an Exposure Draft for an Integrity Commission over 12 months ago. Why do we not now...
by Lyn Allison | Sep 2, 2021 | Federal Government, News
When the Prime Minister says that it is. Professor Spencer Zifcak Senator Rex Patrick has won the right to access documents from the National Cabinet. Scott Morrison should never have tried to keep them secret. The National Cabinet has been operating more or less...
by Lyn Allison | Aug 25, 2021 | Ministerial Responsibility, News
Both major parties decline to allow ministerial staff to be questioned by parliamentary committees. Who then holds these staffers to account? The Statement of Ministerial Standards states that ministers must accept responsibility for their staffers’ actions. But do...
by Lyn Allison | Aug 2, 2021 | ART discussion series, News
Join us for our next event in ART’s discussion series 31 August 2021 – 5 pm to 7 pm. Have we developed a tolerance for politicians treating the public purse as a resource for maintaining their own party in power? Does no one mind that individual MPs...