by jmsthornton | Aug 28, 2015 | Corruption, ICAC
Charles Sampford, ART member, writes for the Financial Review, 27/08/2015 on the necessity for an entire integrity system. http://www.afr.com/business/legal/permanent-integrity-review-needed-for-icac-20150826-gj8qn7 Permanent integrity review needed for ICAC by...
by jmsthornton | Aug 25, 2015 | Corruption, Queensland, Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC), Queensland Crime Commissions
ART has made a submission to the Queensland Review of the Crime and Corruption Commission. This submission can be found on the Queensland Parliamentary website, and is also reproduced below. We are critical of the legislative changes that followed the Callinan/Aroney...
by jmsthornton | Aug 4, 2015 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, IBAC, News, Submissions, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
Recently ART has written to the Special Minister of State, the Hon. Gavin Jennings, to explore the question, “Do we have a corruption problem in Victoria?” This question has not been explored for some time. Corruption is an ever present threat, especially...
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...
by jmsthornton | May 13, 2015 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria
Victoria needs better tools to fight corruption Date May 13, 2015 – 12:00 AM Stephen Charles (The Hon Stephen Charles QC, former Judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, is a member of ART) The Education Department is just one target known to...
by jmsthornton | May 11, 2015 | Corruption, IBAC, Victoria
Below is the text of the speech given by Stephen Charles at a meeting of ICAN on Monday 11th May 2015, at Hawthorn Community Precinct. (See our previous post) “IS THE HIGH COURT HELPING TO FIGHT CORRUPTION?” Stephen Charles Speech given to the Independent Community...