Election Disinformation and How to Deal with it

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...

Setting Caps on Campaign Funding and Expenditure.

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!

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...

The Case for a National Integrity Commission

The Case for a National Integrity Commission

This article by Stephen Charles first appeared in the Saturday Paper of February 5 — 11, 2022  |  No. 385 Thanks to Erik Jensen of the Saturday Paper for permission to republish. Stephen Charles is a retired judge of the Victorian Court of Appeal and a member of the...

Citizens should be the only ones making donations

Citizens should be the only ones making donations

This letter by Ken Coghill of ART, was published in the Age on 5th February 2022. Citizens should be the only ones making donations By authorising political donations, company directors place themselves in an impossible position: either they have misused resources of...

INTEGRITY NOW! Download the Document & Contribute.

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

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...

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