by Lyn Allison | Apr 16, 2026 | News, Political Funding
The High Court decision will force political parties to come up with fairer solutions to issues of campaign financing, however, unless electors are vigilant, some of the deeper-seated problems may not be dealt with. The Victorian Government must now introduce...
by Lyn Allison | Jun 24, 2025 | Election, Ministerial Responsibility, News, Political Funding
The Albanese Government signed off on a code of conduct for ministers in 2022 saying it was committed to integrity, honesty and accountability and would act in a manner consistent with the highest ethical standards. It would also have due regard for...
by Ken Coghill | Aug 10, 2024 | News, Political Advertising, Political Funding
Published in The Age 10 Aug Detoxing donations to candidates and parties is a necessary but not sufficient reform to campaign finance (Comment, August 9). It is the extraordinary spending on political advertising using traditional and social media that drives...
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 jmsthornton | Feb 7, 2022 | News, Political Funding, Public Trust
This letter by Ken Coghill of ART, was published in the Age on 5th February 2022. Citizens should be the only ones making donations By authorising political donations, company directors place themselves in an impossible position: either they have misused resources of...
by jmsthornton | Feb 8, 2020 | ART Publications, Corruption, Federal Government, Ministerial Responsibility, News, Political Funding
McKenzie sacrificial lamb but corruption runs deeper By Stephen Charles AO QC, former Victorian Court of Appeal judge and director of The Centre for Public Integrity. Published online in the Canberra Times February 7 2020 – 4:30AM...