by jmsthornton | Mar 23, 2015 | Election, New South Wales, Public Trust
On 23 March 2015, ART sought from the Greens clarification of its position in relation to the final issues raised in its original commitment request letter of 25 February 2015, namely those concerning the public trust principle. The following response was received ...
by jmsthornton | Feb 5, 2015 | Public Trust, Trust in Government
The principle of “Public office, Public trust” has been discussed before on this website, notably by Tim Smith in 2012, and again in July 2014, and further, in October 2014, Tim discussed public trust in the context of urban planning. Thanks to David...
by jmsthornton | Jan 27, 2015 | News, Public Trust, Reforms
This is the text of a speech presented by the Hon T H Smith QC, at Waverly Rotary Club on 27 January 2015 Australia’s Democratic governments; a proud history, their present state and future? Tim Smith 27 January 2015 On this year’s Australia Day, community...
by jmsthornton | Oct 27, 2014 | Federal Government, Ministerial Responsibility, Public Trust, Victoria
A timely editorial in The Age on Saturday 24th October, “Politicians must be seen to honour public trust” argued that “Tourism Minister Andrew Robb’s investments in restaurants and the promotion of one of them by a government agency is a...
by jmsthornton | Oct 9, 2014 | Corruption, Lobbying, Public Trust, Trust in Government, Victoria
In an address to the Melbourne University Urban Heritage Conference, Government Secrecy and Urban Planning – The Forgotten Trust and Reform The Hon Tim Smith, QC continues his argument that government is based on a longstanding ethical and legal obligation – that...
by jmsthornton | Jul 24, 2014 | ART Publications, Public Trust, Trust in Government
Smith T 2014 Integrity in Politics? Public Office as a Public Trust? Is there Hope? Paper presented to the University of the Third Age, 23 July 2014 by the Hon. Tim Smith Q.C This paper addresses in more depth than Tim Smith’s 2012 paper, the idea that...