by jmsthornton | Sep 15, 2018 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
ART’s Tim Smith has tirelessly pursued the parlous state of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, where funding has not been reinstated and one Commissioner has been doing the work of three. Tim’s letters containing the arguments for...
by jmsthornton | Aug 25, 2018 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Federal Government, Open Government, Public Trust, Reforms, Trust in Government
A National Symposium, Australia’s Public Integrity Institutions: Strengths, Weaknesses, Options was held in Canberra on 21 August 2018, auspiced by Griffith University Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Transparency International Its purpose was to identify...
by jmsthornton | Jan 29, 2018 | News, Open Government, Public Trust, Reforms
Congratulations from all of Accountability Round Table and its friends to our Chair of the Accountability Round Table, Tim Smith, who is now the recipient of an Australia Day Honours Award 2018 – Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Tim is...
by jmsthornton | Dec 7, 2017 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Privacy
OAIC and the OGP; Issues The Hon George Brandis MP Attorney-General Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 6 December 2017 Dear Attorney-General On 19 October 2017 I received a copy of your 11 October letter to my local Member, the Member for Kooyong, (Mnet GenerL3 July...
by jmsthornton | Nov 24, 2017 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Election, Fitzgerald Principles, Ministerial Responsibility, Open Government, Political Funding, Queensland, Reforms
The letter below from Jackie Trad, Deputy Premier of Queensland, was received by Tim Smith and David Solomon in response to our request for all party commitments on openness and transparency and the principles of “Public Trust”. It follows from the letter...
by jmsthornton | Mar 20, 2017 | Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
It’s good news that the Federal Government and civil society completed and lodged, with the (International) Open Government Partnership, Australia’s first National Action Plan (NAP) on 8th of December last year to improve and strengthen transparency and...
