by jmsthornton | May 5, 2024 | News, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
On Thursday 2nd May, the Victorian Legislative Council passed an amendment to the Estate Agents, Residential Tenancies and Other Acts Amendment (Funding) Bill 2024, which had previously included wording that abolished the Public Records Advisory Council. This vote...
by jmsthornton | Sep 9, 2018 | Corruption, Governance, Ministerial Responsibility, Public Trust, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
Colleen Lewis, member of Accountability Round Table has been tireless in pursuit of self serving government actions that breach principles of good governance – especially breaches of the principle that public office is a public trust. In this article below she...
by jmsthornton | Sep 16, 2017 | IBAC, Submissions, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
Inquiry by the Independent Broad-based Anticorruption Commission Committee of the Parliament of Victoria into the external oversight of police corruption and misconduct in Victoria. Submission by the Accountability Roundtable Received 14th September 2017...
by jmsthornton | Mar 15, 2016 | IBAC, Submissions, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
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...
by jmsthornton | Feb 16, 2016 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
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...
by jmsthornton | Feb 15, 2016 | Corruption, IBAC, Reforms, Submissions, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
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...