ART Executive Membership
The Accountability Round Table is a non-partisan group of citizens with diverse backgrounds (journalists, lawyers, academics, former politicians and judges) and extensive experience in parliament, government and the courts. The Round Table is dedicated to improving...
Fiona McLeod’s 2019 Solomon Lecture – Accountability in the Age of the Artificial
2019 Solomon Lecture Accountability in the Age of the Artificial Are big data and artificial intelligence the enemies of the people, the ultimate tools of the oligarch, or the vital tools needed to eliminate bias, improve scrutiny and just outcomes for the visionary?...
Whose side are politicians really on?
Colleen Lewis, Accountability Round Table member, has an opinion piece in the Sunday Age on whose side politicians are on when they act out of self interest or otherwise not in the public interest. The full article was published in the Sunday Age here. Opinion Whose...
Dennis Cowdroy announced as new ACT integrity commissioner
The Canberra Times announces Dennis Cowdroy as the new ACT Integrity Commissioner on Tuesday 14th May. This was after a political stoush that prevented the appointment for four months. For the full story see the Canberra Times report. by Katie Burgess
Mandarin today on National Integrity Commission
The Mandarin compares major party commitments on a national integrity commission and says public hearings remains the key issue. See the full document here.
The letter that should have been published – Political Donations
A remarkable number of voters in Kooyong wrote to last weekend's Sunday Age (12th March) complaining about extraordinary campaign spending by the sitting MP, Josh Frydenberg. Figures published by the Electoral Commission help explain the extra-ordinary swamping of...
Climate change and why it’s an accountability issue
Lack of serious action in Australia on climate change is in large measure the result of vested interest in the fossil fuel industry having sway over political decisions and this problem is deeply rooted in accountability shortcomings in our parliamentary systems, ie:...
“What does the Coalition have to hide?” The Need For A National Integrity Commission – Stephen Charles.
A critique of the low levels of accountability in Australian government and the lack of a National Integrity Commission by ART member Stephen Charles has been published today in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald (13/05/2019). Stephen has provided ART with the...
Coalition missing in action on anti-corruption commitments – TI
Transparency International Australia (TIA) has written to the major parties asking what action they will take in the next parliament to strengthen parliamentary integrity and our democracy. ‘We are disappointed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has failed to respond...
ART welcomes new members
Our aims in having members are: To broaden the reach of our communications, in line with our objects of generating public debate about, and improve the standards of accountability, honesty, probity, transparency, anti-corruption systems and measures and democratic...
Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture, Terry Moran
The next long wave of reform - where will the ideas come from? ART's annual Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture, was held in conjunction with the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the Melbourne Law School. In this 2019 Jim Carlton Lecture, Terry Moran...