INTEGRITY NOW! Download the Document & Contribute.
21 integrity reforms to restore The Rule of Law, Accountability and Public Trust 6 pm Wednesday 8 December by Zoom On Wednesday 8th December, former Prime Minister Hon Malcolm Turnbull will launch the Accountability Round Table reform project, Integrity now! to...
Easy Lies and Influence on YouTube
In Australia, corruption spends public funds in pursuit of power, rewards favour, and strips support from worthy programs. It silences journalists and those charged with upholding standards of integrity by depriving them of funding. Corruption rewards loyalty through...
The PM does not want to win the next election?
When reflecting on Prime Minister Scott Morrison's statements in Federal Parliament last week, one could be forgiven for thinking he does not want the Coalition to win the forthcoming election. Presuming that he doesn't, it's easy to conclude that he made a wise...
EVENT: Launch of ART’s Position Paper: Integrity Now! 6:00pm 8th December
Launch of ART's Position Paper: Integrity Now! 21 integrity reforms to restore The Rule of Law, Accountability and Public Trust 6:00pm 8th December 2021 This will be a Zoom event. Registration now open Download the RULE of...
The defects in the Government’s integrity commission
See here for the podcast ART Director, Stephen Charles, did with Michelle Grattan for The Conversation on the shortcomings of the Government's proposed commission. Well worth a listen!
ART welcomes new Director – Peter Acton
Peter Acton was Managing Partner of the Boston Consulting Group’s Melbourne office and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and of the Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders. His book Poiesis: Manufacturing in Classical Athens was...
Open government clouded, Adjunct Professor Ken Coghill
Australia risks accusations of rejecting a central feature of the liberal democratic ideals that Prime Minister Morrison eagerly embraced in June at the Perth USAsia Centre. Open government was the first of the themes he advocated, saying: Supporting open societies,...
ART presents to Senate ‘National Cabinet’ COAG Bill inquiry
ART Chair, Fiona McLeod AO SC, Professor Spencer Zifcak, Stuart Hamilton and Dr Ken Coghill appeared today before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee into the COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. Here is the video of our presentation to...
Why no national integrity commission?
Stephen Charles, Director of ART The Coalition has been promising Australia a federal Integrity Commission for nearly three years, and Christian Porter (when Attorney-General) produced an Exposure Draft for an Integrity Commission over 12 months ago. Why do we not now...
When is a Cabinet not the Cabinet?
When the Prime Minister says that it is. Professor Spencer Zifcak Senator Rex Patrick has won the right to access documents from the National Cabinet. Scott Morrison should never have tried to keep them secret. The National Cabinet has been operating more or less...