Open Government – never more needed
After many years of discussion, Australia will soon have a federal anti-corruption commission. In a nation generally seen as one of the less corrupt, and more transparent and democratic countries in the world, what other opportunities and challenges for reform exist?...
Jim Carlton Annual Integrity Lecture 19 April 6pm – book now
We are delighted to announce that the Jim Carlton Annual Integrity Lecture 2023 will be given by Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate, AC, FAA, FRS on 19 April 2023 The subject of the lecture: Integrity and Complex Systems: The Rum Rebellion or...
Open Government Week May 8-12
Open Government Week 2023 will be used globally to develop and implement the OGP’s new five-year strategy that seeks to expand and empower the community, making open government the norm across all levels and branches of government, and becoming a hub of stories and...
Australia Day: a long perspective by Barry Jones
Australia Day 65,000 BCE, 1788 CE and 2023: a long perspective. 65,000 BCE Homo sapiens first arrived in Australia about 65,000 years before ‘the common era’, or BCE. We cannot pin down a specific day for their arrival. We don’t use the abbreviations AD or BC of the...
National Anti-corruption Bill – ART’s response
The Accountability Round Table welcomes the introduction of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill and acknowledges this as a breakthrough moment for integrity and accountability of our national government. The Bill provides for the creation of a powerful...
ART Integrity Awards presented in Parliament today
The awards The Button Award for ministers who served on the front bench - The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP for his exemplary performance in raising the level of debate on economic and social issues Dr Leigh said: Humbled to have received the Accountability Round Table's...
INTEGRITY AWARDS 2022
You are invited to the presentation of the Accountability Round Table Integrity Awards. Four awards will be presented by Chair of ART, Prof Spencer Zifcak at Parliament House on Monday 5 September at 11am. Since 2010 ART has recognised parliamentarians who have...
SPEECH. The Hon Barry Jones Jim Carlton Lecture. ‘Liberty, Fraternity and – what was the other word?’
JIM CARLTON INTEGRITY LECTURE 2022 Accountability Round Table (ART) - Melbourne Law School (MLS) The Hon Barry Jones presented the Annual ART and Melbourne University Law School Jim Carlton Lecture at Melbourne Law School on Friday 29 April 2022 ‘Liberty, Fraternity...
EVENT VIDEO. Political Donations. A problem for our democracy?
On Wednesday - 23 March, 2022, ART's Charles Sampford and Ken Coghill addressed the Victorian Fabian Society on "Political Donations. A problem for our democracy?". Political donations are a problem because they are reported far past the time they are made, the actual...
Election Disinformation and How to Deal with it
Election Disinformation and How to Deal with it An ART Position Paper. The Accountability Round Table (ART) is concerned, as we approach the 2022 Federal Election, that misinformation, disinformation and misleading or deceptive conduct by candidates and parties will...