Dennis Cowdroy announced as new ACT integrity commissioner
The Canberra Times announces Dennis Cowdroy as the new ACT Integrity Commissioner on Tuesday 14th May. This was after a political stoush that prevented the appointment for four months. For the full story see the Canberra Times report. by Katie Burgess
Mandarin today on National Integrity Commission
The Mandarin compares major party commitments on a national integrity commission and says public hearings remains the key issue. See the full document here.
The letter that should have been published – Political Donations
A remarkable number of voters in Kooyong wrote to last weekend's Sunday Age (12th March) complaining about extraordinary campaign spending by the sitting MP, Josh Frydenberg. Figures published by the Electoral Commission help explain the extra-ordinary swamping of...
Climate change and why it’s an accountability issue
Lack of serious action in Australia on climate change is in large measure the result of vested interest in the fossil fuel industry having sway over political decisions and this problem is deeply rooted in accountability shortcomings in our parliamentary systems, ie:...
“What does the Coalition have to hide?” The Need For A National Integrity Commission – Stephen Charles.
A critique of the low levels of accountability in Australian government and the lack of a National Integrity Commission by ART member Stephen Charles has been published today in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald (13/05/2019). Stephen has provided ART with the...
Coalition missing in action on anti-corruption commitments – TI
Transparency International Australia (TIA) has written to the major parties asking what action they will take in the next parliament to strengthen parliamentary integrity and our democracy. ‘We are disappointed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has failed to respond...
Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture, Terry Moran
The next long wave of reform - where will the ideas come from? ART's annual Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture, was held in conjunction with the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the Melbourne Law School. In this 2019 Jim Carlton Lecture, Terry Moran...
Invitation to sign up to ART eNews
ART publishes its first eNews. Right now accountability in politics is a hotly contested space and ART is working on many fronts to stop further decline in public trust in those who hold public office and to bring about reforms to improve standards of accountability,...
A Commonwealth Integrity Commission: ART’s submission to the Attorney General 1 Feb 2019
This submission was made by ART to the Attorney General's consultation on the establishment of a Commonwealth Integrity Commission. At the time it was written the Government proposal was to set up the Commission as follows: "The CIC will be established as an...
ART’s Victorian election survey
In the lead-up to the Victorian election, the Accountability Roundtable asked all candidates to respond to a range of questions concerning their support of integrity and accountability measures. Neither the Labor nor Liberal parties have responded. In fact, of the...