by jmsthornton | Mar 2, 2016 | Corruption, Election, Political Funding, Victoria
The Age quotes Accountability Round Table’s Ken Coghill on the offer by Ken Ong, the council’s chair of planning, to provide in the order of $200,000 to fund an election campaign in exchange for the Deputy Mayoral position. Ken Ong “buying political...
by jmsthornton | Feb 16, 2016 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
The following letter and submission make clear ART’s analysis of the proposed amendments to IBAC legislation. The Hon. Gavin Jennings MLC Special Minister of State Level 1, 1 Treasury Place East Melbourne Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (A...
by jmsthornton | Feb 15, 2016 | Corruption, IBAC, Reforms, Submissions, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
In January, Accountability Round Table made a submission to The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Committee. This committee is a joint investigatory committee of the Parliament of Victoria and has a number of functions including monitoring, reviewing...
by jmsthornton | Feb 2, 2016 | Corruption, IBAC, Lobbying, Public Trust, Reforms, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
Colleen Lewis argues in The Age that the Victorian government amendments to IBAC let Victorians down. This is so because IBAC will still fail to carry out the basic work of Anti-Corruption Commissions – to “shine the accountability spotlight on the...
by jmsthornton | Jan 4, 2016 | Corruption, Federal Government, McMullan Principle, Ministerial Responsibility, News, Reforms, Rule of Law
A number of people are very concerned at the undermining of judicial independence that is the effect of the new terrorism laws, including Spencer Zifcak. Spencer Zifcak is a member of ART, as well as Allan Myers Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Academy...
by jmsthornton | Sep 11, 2015 | Auditor General, Corruption, Trust in Government, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
This submission is the third in a series of ART submissions to the Victorian Government on Victorian Government Integrity System Reform (see category at right). The first was Do we have a corruption problem in Victoria? The second was Reforming Victorian IBAC. This...