by jmsthornton | Mar 10, 2016 | Federal Government, Ombudsman, Submissions, Whistleblowing
Whistleblower protection in the Public Service is covered by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (PID Act). The PID Act came into operation in January 2014 to encourage public officials to disclose suspected wrongdoing in the Commonwealth public sector. The...
by jmsthornton | Dec 15, 2015 | Fitzgerald Principles, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Public Trust, Reforms, Trust in Government
Reforming the Policy Processes of our Democracies [1] “Principles to guide policy reform – can Plato show the way?” Paper presented by Hon Tim Smith QC, at Melbourne University School of Government Conference , “ Democracy in transition”, 7 December 2015 The...
by jmsthornton | Oct 20, 2015 | Federal Government, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Malcolm Turnbull has promised to “restore accountability and improve transparency measures to be more accountable to you”. That commitment had been breached by the government, in particular by its bill to abolish the Office of the Australian Information...
by jmsthornton | Oct 1, 2015 | Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Australia’s failure to join the Open Government Partnership, (OGP) since it was first invited in 2011 is becoming an embarrassment. The OGP currently has 66 participating countries. The OGP has now set a deadline for Australia to join of 27th October – a...
by jmsthornton | May 25, 2015 | Code of Conduct, Constituency Development Funds, Corruption, Federal Government, Political Funding
This article was published in The Conversation https://theconversation.com/budgets-45m-slush-fund-for-mps-is-an-unethical-use-of-public-money-42116Ken Coghill is Associate Professor at Monash University, and a member of ART Budget’s $45m slush fund for MPs is an...
