by Lyn Allison | Aug 25, 2021 | Ministerial Responsibility, News
Both major parties decline to allow ministerial staff to be questioned by parliamentary committees. Who then holds these staffers to account? The Statement of Ministerial Standards states that ministers must accept responsibility for their staffers’ actions. But do...
by Lyn Allison | Aug 2, 2021 | ART Publications, News
Warning of the consequences if corruption is left unchecked! See here for a great interview on ABC Radio National with Fran Kelly today (2/8). In Easy Lies & Influence, Fiona McLeod AO SC, Senior Counsel and Chair of the Accountability Round Table, explores...
by Lyn Allison | Apr 1, 2021 | Corruption, News
The Accountability Round Table has developed a register of notable recent rorts or alleged rorts at Federal and State level. We define a rort as ‘any arrangement or practice that enables, or results in, the misuse of public resources, assets or powers for personal or...
by ActionSkills | Apr 1, 2021
The Accountability Round Table has developed a register of notable recent rorts or alleged rorts at federal and State level. We define a rort as ‘any arrangement or practice that enables, or results in, the misuse of public resources, assets or powers for...
by Lyn Allison | Oct 21, 2020 | Corruption, Federal Government, Governance, Ministerial Responsibility, National Integrity Commission, News
2020 AGM address by Chair, Fiona McLeod, AO SC In the interests of transparency, I must begin with a disclosure. Before my engagement with the Open government partnership and ART (and for a time Transparency International Australia) I had very limited exposure –...
