by jmsthornton | Aug 28, 2022
The Alan Missen Award – THE HON KELVIN THOMSON 2017 The Hon. Kelvin Thomson entered Federal Parliament as the Member for Wills in 1996. He was re-elected six times, retiring at the 2016 election. He had earlier served in the Victorian Parliament for nearly...
by jmsthornton | Apr 5, 2022 | Election, Federal Government, News
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...
by jmsthornton | Mar 17, 2022 | News
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:...
by jmsthornton | Feb 11, 2022 | Corruption, National Integrity Commission, News
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...
by jmsthornton | Dec 3, 2021 | Integrity Now!
SECTION 2. ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS – PROBLEMS & OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFORM 16. IMPOSING CONSEQUENCES FOR LYING Lying to or misleading parliament has long been the one capital offence for politicians – one for which far too few “swing”. It is recognised and...
