by jmsthornton | Aug 28, 2019 | News, Open Government, Public Trust, Queensland, Reforms, Trust in Government
2019 Solomon Lecture Accountability in the Age of the Artificial Are big data and artificial intelligence the enemies of the people, the ultimate tools of the oligarch, or the vital tools needed to eliminate bias, improve scrutiny and just outcomes for the visionary?...
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 | May 11, 2018 | Corruption, Federal Government, National Integrity Commission, Public Service, Reforms, Trust in Government
Colleen Lewis, member of Accountability Round Table, has penned an article for the Canberra Times calling for a similar level of scrutiny of the public sector as applies to the banks through the Banking Royal Commission. Find the original article here....
by jmsthornton | Jan 29, 2018 | News, Open Government, Public Trust, Reforms
Congratulations from all of Accountability Round Table and its friends to our Chair of the Accountability Round Table, Tim Smith, who is now the recipient of an Australia Day Honours Award 2018 – Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Tim is...
by jmsthornton | Dec 3, 2017 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Privacy, Reforms
Our ART members, Tim Smith, David Harper and Stephen Charles authored the following article, published in The Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times. Turnbull government talks big on transparency, but keeps ‘forgetting’ to fund FOI Tim Smith, David...
by jmsthornton | Nov 24, 2017 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Election, Fitzgerald Principles, Ministerial Responsibility, Open Government, Political Funding, Queensland, Reforms
The letter below from Jackie Trad, Deputy Premier of Queensland, was received by Tim Smith and David Solomon in response to our request for all party commitments on openness and transparency and the principles of “Public Trust”. It follows from the letter...