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...
EVENT 29 April 2022: Jim Carlton Lecture – ‘Liberty, Fraternity and – what was the other word?’
The Hon Barry Jones presents the Annual ART and Melbourne University Law School Jim Carlton Lecture, ‘Liberty, Fraternity and – what was the other word?’ How Equality fell off the political agenda in Australia Date: Friday 29 April 2022 Time: 6:00pm Host: Melbourne...
Book Launch! KEEPING THEM HONEST – Stephen Charles and Catherine Williams
KEEPING THEM HONEST: the case for a genuine national integrity commission and other vital democratic reforms, a new book by Stephen Charles and Catherine Williams was launched on Monday 4th April. See below for Stephen Charles opinion piece in The Age on 16 04 2022 on...
Setting Caps on Campaign Funding and Expenditure.
This briefing paper sets out ART's thinking on the twin problems of funding election campaigns - the scramble for donations to provide the wherewithal for candidates to run, and the continual escalation of the costs of running a campaign. PART 1: CANDIDATE AND PARTY...
Open Government Partnership – warning to Australia!
The Open Government Partnership (OGP), is an international organisation which now includes 78 countries and 76 local governments. Its purpose is to encourage governments to be more open, responsive and accountable to their citizens and work towards improving...