by jmsthornton | Dec 2, 2015 | Auditor General, IBAC, News, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
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...
by jmsthornton | Sep 24, 2015 | Auditor General, IBAC, Trust in Government, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
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...
by jmsthornton | Sep 6, 2015 | IBAC, Submissions, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
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...
by jmsthornton | Aug 4, 2015 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, IBAC, News, Submissions, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
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...
by jmsthornton | May 13, 2015 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria
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...
by jmsthornton | May 11, 2015 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria
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...