by jmsthornton | Jul 30, 2018 | Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG), Queensland
The ASPG Conference held in Brisbane over July 19th to 20th featured many discussions of interest to ART Members. ART members also featured as speakers at several of the sessions. The Proceedings of the 2018 ASPG Conference have been transcribed by Queensland...
by jmsthornton | Jun 12, 2018 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria
Former judge Stephen Charles says a federal ICAC is more important than ever. By Nick O’Malley 11 June 2018 — 12:01am https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/former-judge-stephen-charles-says-a-federal-icac-is-more-important-than-ever-20180610-p4zkm0.html...
by jmsthornton | May 7, 2018 | News
The exchange of correspondence between ART and the AG on the deleterious effects on transparency and freedom of information caused by the lack of resources to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner continues. Here is a further attempt to raise the...
by jmsthornton | May 6, 2018
PARLIAMENTARY INTEGRITY AWARDS : PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, 13 SEPTEMBER 2017 The Hon Murray Gleeson AC I am honoured to have been invited by the Accountability Round Table to present the Parliamentary Integrity Awards for the 44th Parliament. Promotion of open and...
by jmsthornton | Apr 30, 2018 | Corruption, Freedom of Information, News, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Political Funding
The ART submission to the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan round 2 calls for some specific reforms to accountability and openness processes. CONTENTS 1. WHY WE NEED A FEDERAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION What evidence of corruption is there? Why do we...
