by jmsthornton | Mar 24, 2022 | National Integrity Commission, News, Open Government, Political Advertising, Political Funding, Trust in Government
KEEPING THEM HONEST: the case for a genuine national integrity commission and other vital democratic reforms, a new book by Stephen Charles and Catherine Williams was launched on Monday 4th April. See below for Stephen Charles opinion piece in The Age on 16 04 2022 on...
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 jmsthornton | Jun 3, 2020 | Federal Government, Governance, News, Open Government, Submissions
This submission to the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 was made by Accountability Round table on 27 May 2020. It addresses the absence of independent scrutiny of government actions during the period of the Covid19 crisis. In particular, the exclusion of...
by jmsthornton | Sep 1, 2019 | Corruption, Federal Government, Fitzgerald Principles, Open Government, Queensland Crime Commissions
Stephen Charles 26 August 2019 Held at Griffith University. This is the text of the 2019 Fitzgerald Oration as provided to Accountability Round Table by Stephen Charles. This oration is in honour of Tony Fitzgerald of the Queensland Fitzgerald inquiry which changed...
by jmsthornton | Aug 28, 2019 | News, Open Government, Public Trust, Queensland, Reforms, Trust in Government
2019 Solomon Lecture Accountability in the Age of the Artificial Are big data and artificial intelligence the enemies of the people, the ultimate tools of the oligarch, or the vital tools needed to eliminate bias, improve scrutiny and just outcomes for the visionary?...