Congratulations The Honourable Thomas Harrison Smith (Tim Smith) QC – now AM
Congratulations from all of Accountability Round Table and its friends to our Chair of the Accountability Round Table, Tim Smith, who is now the recipient of an Australia Day Honours Award 2018 – Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Tim is...
Stephen Charles argues IBAC is ‘Weak and defective’
Stephen Charles, Accountability Round Table member, warns against Australia adopting the Victorian IBAC Anticorruption model for a National Anticorruption body. This article is reposted from The Age and is available at its original source here. 'Weak and defective':...
Resourcing of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner – Australian OGP Commitment 3.1 – Submission 2
On 31 May 2017 there was a discussion between members of Accountability Round Table and the Department of the Attorney-General concerning Australia’s the OGP National Action Plan that resulted in our first submission on proper resourcing of the Office of the...
Open Government Partnership – National Action Plan. ART Submission 2. Political Donations
OGP - NATIONAL ACTION PLAN - POLITICAL DONATIONS This second submission from Accountability Round Table suggesting changes to the Open Government Partnership Draft National Action Plan addresses Commitment 4.1, the commitment to examine the ‘framework of donations to...
Open Government Partnership – National Action Plan. ART Submission 1. Recognising the role of the OAIC
OGP - NATIONAL ACTION PLAN - RECOGNISING THE ROLE OF THE OAIC This first submission from Accountability Round Table suggesting changes to the Open Government Partnership Draft National Action Plan addresses the role, overlooked in the National Action Plan, of the...
OGP National Action Plan – What its it, and why is it important?
OGP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN. EXPLAINER. The Open Government Partnership is a multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen...
ART Jim Carton Lecture 2016 – Peter Baume on Accountability and Evaluation.
The Accountability Round Table hosts an annual lecture by a prominent Australian on matters of Parliamentary integrity and accountability. This year the lectures have been renamed "The Jim Carlton Lectures" in honour of the late Hon. Jim Carlton AO, who was a highly...
Freedom of Information? Not so free now – Part 2. ART and the Audit of the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982
The Accountability Round Table continues to be concerned about the reduced state of the Federal Freedom of Information Act and its implementation. The role of the freedom of information Commissioner remains vacant and has been vacant for some 22 months. The submission...
Invitation to the Jim Carlton Memorial Lecture 16 Nov 2016
Integrity in Public Life: The Jim Carlton Memorial Lecture Accountability: Do programs work? (and how can we find out?) Through a glass darkly .... This is the question the Hon Peter Baume will address in his Jim Carlton Memorial Lecture, jointly hosted by the Centre...
Political Donations. ART submissions to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters 2a. Ken Coghill submission
POLITICAL FUNDING and PARTY RULES Following on from our JSCEM submission on political donations by Colleen Lewis, this post reproduces Ken Coghill's submission 48 to JSCEM, also on political funding and donations to parties. Accountability Round Table has made two...