by jmsthornton | Oct 31, 2016 | Corruption, Election 2016, Political Funding, Reforms
LIMITATIONS TO POLITICAL FINANCING This post reproduces Ken Coghill’s Supplementary submission 48 to JSCEM, specifically on political campaign financing. Accountability Round Table has made two submissions to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’ inquiry...
by jmsthornton | Oct 31, 2016 | Election 2016, Federal Government, News, Political Funding, Reforms
POLITICAL FUNDING and PARTY RULES Following on from our JSCEM submission on political donations by Colleen Lewis, this post reproduces Ken Coghill’s submission 48 to JSCEM, also on political funding and donations to parties. Accountability Round Table has made...
by jmsthornton | Oct 31, 2016 | Election 2016, News, Political Funding, Reforms
POLITICAL FUNDING – THE KEY CHANGES NEEDED Accountability Round Table has made two submissions to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’ inquiry into the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016. This standing committee inquiry is a regular...
by jmsthornton | Oct 9, 2016 | Corruption, Lobbying, Political Funding, Reforms
Marian Sawer is Emeritus Professor and Public Policy Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, ANU. She has contributed the following article to John Menadue’s “Pearls and Irritations” blog, giving a detailed analysis of...
by jmsthornton | Sep 15, 2016 | ART Publications, Corruption, Political Funding
Colleen Lewis Adjunct Professor, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University, and ART member has written for The Conversation on political donation reform. The article below is republished from The Conversation using Creative Commons Licence. When...
by jmsthornton | Sep 7, 2016 | National Integrity Commission, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Political Funding, Public Trust, Submissions
Submission from the Accountability Round Table to the Interim Working Group Posted on September 5, 2016 by ogpteam This is a full reproduction of a submission received from the Accountability Round Table on 4 September 2016. On Saturday, the AGM of the Accountability...