by jmsthornton | Apr 19, 2022 | News
On Wednesday – 23 March, 2022, ART’s Charles Sampford and Ken Coghill addressed the Victorian Fabian Society on “Political Donations. A problem for our democracy?”. Political donations are a problem because they are reported far past the time...
by jmsthornton | Aug 25, 2018 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Federal Government, Open Government, Public Trust, Reforms, Trust in Government
A National Symposium, Australia’s Public Integrity Institutions: Strengths, Weaknesses, Options was held in Canberra on 21 August 2018, auspiced by Griffith University Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Transparency International Its purpose was to identify...
by jmsthornton | Jan 29, 2018 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Lobbying
Ken Coghill, Accountability Round Table member, warns of risks to government integrity from the sharing of confidential government information of commercial interest by those who move from the government to the private sector. This article is reposted from The Age and...
by jmsthornton | Oct 31, 2016 | Corruption, Election 2016, Political Funding, Reforms
LIMITATIONS TO POLITICAL FINANCING This post reproduces Ken Coghill’s Supplementary submission 48 to JSCEM, specifically on political campaign financing. Accountability Round Table has made two submissions to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’ inquiry...
by jmsthornton | Oct 31, 2016 | Election 2016, Federal Government, News, Political Funding, Reforms
POLITICAL FUNDING and PARTY RULES Following on from our JSCEM submission on political donations by Colleen Lewis, this post reproduces Ken Coghill’s submission 48 to JSCEM, also on political funding and donations to parties. Accountability Round Table has made...