by jmsthornton | May 5, 2024 | News, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
On Thursday 2nd May, the Victorian Legislative Council passed an amendment to the Estate Agents, Residential Tenancies and Other Acts Amendment (Funding) Bill 2024, which had previously included wording that abolished the Public Records Advisory Council. This vote...
by Lyn Allison | Jul 27, 2023 | IBAC, Media, News
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...
by Lyn Allison | Apr 20, 2023 | IBAC, News
“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...
by jmsthornton | Feb 2, 2022 | IBAC, News, Submissions, Victoria
On 28 January 2022, Accountability Round Table made a submission to Operation Watts, the coordinated investigation of Party misuse of public resources between IBAC and the Victorian Ombudsman. Our submission was directed to the questions raised by IBAC and the...
by Lyn Allison | Nov 23, 2018 | IBAC, News, Victoria
In the lead-up to the Victorian election, the Accountability Roundtable asked all candidates to respond to a range of questions concerning their support of integrity and accountability measures. Neither the Labor nor Liberal parties have responded. In fact, of the...
by jmsthornton | Sep 23, 2018 | Election, Federal Government, Political Funding, Privacy, South Australia, Victoria
Ever wondered what political parties do with the data they collect on you? Its amazingly unclear, especially since the Privacy Act does not apply. Equally obscure is how they pay for the software and analysis and what links the software has with other data collection...