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...
by jmsthornton | Aug 22, 2014 | New South Wales, Political Funding
The NSW Government has established a panel of experts to investigate the potential for further reforms to election funding laws. The panel members are Dr Kerry Schott (Chair), former Labor Deputy Premier The Hon. John Watkins and former Liberal Shadow Attorney General...
by jmsthornton | Aug 19, 2014 | ACLEI, Corruption, Federal, New South Wales, News, Political Funding, Trust in Government
There were a number of calls for a “Federal ICAC” or Federal Anti Corruption Commission on Monday August 18th 2014 . This is an idea that the Accountability Round Table strongly endorses. The Hon Stephen Charles, former Supreme Court Judge and member of...
by jmsthornton | Aug 30, 2011 | ART Publications, Federal, Lobbying, News, Political Funding, Submissions
This post contains three submissions. A main submission and two supplementary submissions to the 2011 Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters Inquiry into the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns. In May 11 and 12 of 2011, the House of... by arty | Sep 30, 2010 | Political Funding
“Campaign Funding Back on the Agenda” – Peter Mares interviews new Special Minister of State, Gary Gray. 24 September 2010 Once it was clear that Labor didn’t have the numbers to govern alone after the federal election, Prime Minister Julia...
by arty | Aug 27, 2010 | ART Publications, Corruption, Lobbying, Political Advertising, Political Funding
The Anticorruption reforms that ART would like to see The risks of corruption have been increased by: the on going increase in government control of information; the ever-increasing need for funding of political campaigns; the methods employed to obtain it and the...