by jmsthornton | Oct 19, 2016 | Corruption, Federal Government, Ministerial Responsibility, National Integrity Commission, Submissions
On 24 February 2016, the Senate resolved to establish a Select Committee on the establishment of a National Integrity Commission. This Select Committee was established to inquire into whether a national integrity commission should be established to address...
by jmsthornton | Oct 9, 2016 | Corruption, Lobbying, Political Funding, Reforms
Marian Sawer is Emeritus Professor and Public Policy Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, ANU. She has contributed the following article to John Menadue’s “Pearls and Irritations” blog, giving a detailed analysis of...
by jmsthornton | Sep 15, 2016 | ART Publications, Corruption, Political Funding
Colleen Lewis Adjunct Professor, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University, and ART member has written for The Conversation on political donation reform. The article below is republished from The Conversation using Creative Commons Licence. When...
by jmsthornton | Sep 7, 2016 | National Integrity Commission, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Political Funding, Public Trust, Submissions
Submission from the Accountability Round Table to the Interim Working Group Posted on September 5, 2016 by ogpteam This is a full reproduction of a submission received from the Accountability Round Table on 4 September 2016. On Saturday, the AGM of the Accountability...
by jmsthornton | Aug 19, 2016 | Code of Conduct, Federal Government, Fitzgerald Principles, Freedom of Information, Lobbying, News, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Public Trust, Queensland, Queensland Crime Commissions, Reforms
This paper, “Democracy at the Crossroads?” was delivered by Hon Tim Smith QC at the Cairn’s Tropical Writers Festival, 11 August 2016. In it, he sets out two broad principles to which members of parliament should adhere, The “Fitzgerald Principles” and The...