IBAC Report should be a game-changer

IBAC Report should be a game-changer

The Accountability Round Table has urged the Premier to take up the recommendations in full, including transferring rezoning decisions from local government to the state.  Chairperson of ART, Lyn Allison, said that otherwise lobbyists and MPs prepared...
Open Government: never more needed!

Open Government: never more needed!

Background: The aim of this event was to raise public awareness and encourage participation in Australia’s membership of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), executed through Australia’s multi-stakeholder forum, the Open Government Forum (OGF). The event was a...
IBAC finds improper influence

IBAC finds improper influence

“IBAC’s Operation Daintree special report highlights how improper influence compromised the procurement process for a $1.2 million contract awarded to a union-established training group and compromised the management of the contract. The report reveals a range...
Australia Day: a long perspective by Barry Jones

Australia Day: a long perspective by Barry Jones

Australia Day 65,000 BCE, 1788 CE and 2023: a long perspective. 65,000 BCE Homo sapiens first arrived in Australia about 65,000 years before ‘the common era’, or BCE. We cannot pin down a specific day for their arrival. We don’t use the abbreviations AD or BC of the...