by jmsthornton | Mar 24, 2022 | National Integrity Commission, News, Open Government, Political Advertising, Political Funding, Trust in Government
KEEPING THEM HONEST: the case for a genuine national integrity commission and other vital democratic reforms, a new book by Stephen Charles and Catherine Williams was launched on Monday 4th April. See below for Stephen Charles opinion piece in The Age on 16 04 2022 on...
by jmsthornton | Feb 22, 2022 | News, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Trust in Government
The Open Government Partnership (OGP), is an international organisation which now includes 78 countries and 76 local governments. Its purpose is to encourage governments to be more open, responsive and accountable to their citizens and work towards improving...
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 | Jul 29, 2019 | Corruption, News, Trust in Government
Colleen Lewis, Accountability Round Table member, has an opinion piece in the Sunday Age on whose side politicians are on when they act out of self interest or otherwise not in the public interest. The full article was published in the Sunday Age here. Opinion Whose...
by jmsthornton | Feb 3, 2019 | ART Publications, National Integrity Commission, News, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Trust in Government, Whistleblowing
This submission was made by ART to the Attorney General’s consultation on the establishment of a Commonwealth Integrity Commission. At the time it was written the Government proposal was to set up the Commission as follows: “The CIC will be established as...
by jmsthornton | Sep 1, 2018 | Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG), Public Trust, Trust in Government
The following paper on concepts of Public Trust, by David Solomon, longstanding member of Accountability Round Table, was given at the Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG) conference held over July 19 and 20th, 2018. David is a former journalist, who after...