by jmsthornton | Feb 2, 2015 | Corruption, New South Wales, Political Funding
Following the revelations of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption into donations and political influence, in June 2014, the NSW Government established an Expert Panel under the leadership of Dr Kerry Schott. This panel was to consider and report on long...
by jmsthornton | Jan 28, 2015 | Corruption, Election, Lobbying, Political Funding, Queensland, Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC)
The Queensland Greens have replied to our request for commitments to accountability and integrity measures prior to the Queensland election. The original text of the letter from Andrew Bartlett, the convenor of the Queensland Greens can be found here. Their response...
by jmsthornton | Jan 23, 2015 | Corruption, Election, Freedom of Information, News, Political Funding, Queensland, Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC), Reforms
The Queensland Labor Party has given a comprehensive response to our request for comment on matters of anti corruption prior to the Queensland state election. The full response letter from the Hon Tim Mulherin, Deputy Leader of the Opposition is linked here, but a...
by jmsthornton | Oct 15, 2014 | Political Funding, Victoria
Colleen Lewis calls for transparency on donations and a proper political donations regime in Victoria in her article in The Age. Political donations: Victoria’s big secret. She writes, “What Victorians need to know, from any party fielding candidates in...
by jmsthornton | Oct 14, 2014 | Corruption, IBAC, Lobbying, Political Funding, Victoria
This briefing paper was produced on 14th of October 2014 to assist parliamentary debate on the IBAC amendments otherwise known as ‘The Integrity Legislation Amendment Bill 2014’. The researcher, Parliamentary Librarian Catriona Ross writes,...
by jmsthornton | Sep 23, 2014 | Election, Freedom of Information, Ministerial Responsibility, Political Funding, Victoria
ART has written to the leaders of the three major parties contesting the Victorian State Election on November 29th, seeking their views on the redressing of three serious deficiencies in Victoria’s democratic governance arrangements if re-elected in the forthcoming...
