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...
by jmsthornton | Nov 16, 2014 | Auditor General, Victoria
Victoria’s outdated Audit Act needs urgent attention Date: November 16, 2014 John Doyle, Des Pearson, Wayne Cameron and Ches Baragwanath The following piece was written by four auditors-general of Victoria: John Doyle, who presently holds the position, and his...
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 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 | Oct 13, 2014 | Election, Freedom of Information, Victoria
Updated 19 November with the Government’s accountability policies as forwarded to us and additional policies forwarded by the ALP. ART has sought the pre-election polices of the major parties on matters of accountability prior to the Victorian elections on November...