Accountability Round Table has critiqued the amendments to the IBAC legislation proposed for May 2016. “Before the 2014 election, the then Labor opposition indicated that, if elected, it would amend the IBAC Act by the inclusion of the offence of misconduct in public office in t

The following letter and submission make clear ART’s analysis of the proposed amendments to IBAC legislation. The Hon. Gavin Jennings MLC Special Minister of State Level 1, 1 Treasury Place East Melbourne Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (A Stronger System) Bil

In January, Accountability Round Table made a submission to The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Committee. This committee is a joint investigatory committee of the Parliament of Victoria and has a number of functions including monitoring, reviewing and reporting to

Colleen Lewis argues in The Age that the Victorian government amendments to IBAC let Victorians down. This is so because IBAC will still fail to carry out the basic work of Anti-Corruption Commissions – to “shine the accountability spotlight on the sinister, secretive corn

The Victorian Government revealed its plans to strengthen the powers of IBAC (The Independent Broad Based Anti Corruption Commission) in November of last year.  Sadly it seems these reforms will be insufficient to prevent any investigated party from launching court proceedings to obst

In a move long awaited by ART, the Government announced on 29 November 2015 that  Victorian  IBAC watchdog is finally to get the necessary teeth to investigate MPs, judges and public servants with legislation to be presented in the December sittings. ART members have been calling for

ART has made another submission to the Victorian Government on the shortcomings of the Victorian Independent Broadbased Anticorruption Commission (IBAC). This submission addresses two reviews, one of IBAC and one of the office of the Auditor General. In it, ART points to the conflict

ART has recently made a previous submission to the Victorian Government Do we have a corruption problem in Victoria? The submission below is our second on the subject of Victorian Government Integrity System Reform (see category at right). Our letter to Gavin Jennings calls for; The t

Recently ART has written to the Special Minister of State, the Hon. Gavin Jennings, to explore the question, “Do we have a corruption problem in Victoria?” This question has not been explored for some time. Corruption is an ever present threat, especially where large amoun

Victoria needs better tools to fight corruption Date May 13, 2015 – 12:00 AM Stephen Charles (The Hon Stephen Charles QC, former Judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, is a member of ART) The Education Department is just one target known to require IBAC attenti

Below is the text of the speech given by Stephen Charles at a meeting of ICAN on Monday 11th May 2015, at Hawthorn Community Precinct. (See our previous post) “IS THE HIGH COURT HELPING TO FIGHT CORRUPTION?” Stephen Charles Speech given to the Independent Community Accountability Netw

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, “This  Research  Brie

The Hon Stephen Charles QC and the Hon Tim Smith, QC, both former Supreme Court judges have scrutinised the proposed amendments to the IBAC Integrity Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 as featured in “The Age” 14 Oct 2014. They have ‘contended that the Independent Broad

Colleen Lewis compares Victoria’s anti corruption commission, IBAC to receiving a faulty bicycle for Christmas. “Imagine, if for some time, you had received a firm promise of a new bicycle for your birthday – one that had all the bits and pieces needed to ensure you would

AND ANOTHER THING… Politics Why the silence from state MPs on IBAC deficiencies? Do they really think this matter isn’t important to voters? They are so wrong. Anne Mancini, Malvern Read more:

How effective is IBAC? The Hon Tim Smith has written a stinging criticism of the Victorian anti Corruption body, set up under the Baillieu Government in his paper “The Victorian Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC): A Toothless tiger?” published by Mel