The 2021 Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture will be given by Prof. Glyn Davis, AC, on Friday 7 May, 6.30 - 8.00 pm at the Melbourne University Law School, in G08. Glyn Davis is chief executive of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, Australia’s largest philanthropic foundation. It seeks to break the cycle of disadvantage, with a particular […]
The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit is conducting an inquiry into matters contained and associated with the following Auditor-General's Reports: • No. 11 (2019-20) Implementation of the Digital Continuity 2020 Policy • No. 31 (2019-20) Management of Defence Housing Australia • No. 39 (2019-20) Implementation of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation […]
On 23 July 2019, the Senate referred an inquiry into press freedom to the Environment and Communications References Committee for report by 4 December 2019. On 28 April 2021 the Senate grant an extension of time to report until 19 May 2021.
Preparation for 'Accountability and the Rule of Law' document
Referred to committee for inquiry 7 October, Reporting date 31 May 2021
Australian Governments are encouraging us to provide more and more personal data to be centrally stored and used by it to provide us with its services. The data we supply to government is also collected from us without our explicit knowledge. It might come from our clicks on government websites, or from cameras on roads […]
This event is co-sponsored by Accountability Round Table and Deakin University. Accountability and the Rule of Law Government Accountability and the Rule of Law are two fundamental features of liberal democracy, recently lauded by Prime Minister Morrison. As the name Accountability Round Table suggests, ART aims to strengthen Australia’s liberal democracy by promoting the rule […]
Have we developed a tolerance for politicians treating the public purse as a resource for maintaining their own party in power? Does no one mind that individual MPs benefit from using their position for personal gain? Or is it just a one-day wonder in the news? Propping all this up are the porkies that politicians […]
Launch of ART's Position Paper: Integrity Now! The Rule of Law, Accountability and Public Trust 6:00pm 8th December 2021 This will be a Zoom event. Register here Speakers: Launch Speaker: The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC, Former Australian Prime Minister Respondent: Professor Charles Sampford, Director Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University What should the […]
You are cordially invited to the presentation of the Accountability Round Table Integrity Awards, in person at the Australasian Parliament House in Canberra or to follow the livestream online. In person. Register here by midday on Tuesday 30th Aug to attend in person. Registrations to provide you with a pass, cannot be accepted after this […]
After many years of discussion, Australia will soon have a federal anti-corruption commission. In a nation generally seen as one of the less corrupt, and more transparent and democratic countries in the world, what other opportunities and challenges for reform exist? What lessons can we learn from backsliding in other countries? How can we safeguard […]
We are delighted to announce that the Jim Carlton Annual Integrity Lecture 2023 will be given by Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate, AC, FAA, FRS The subject of the lecture is Integrity and Complex Systems: The Rum Rebellion or the Shearer's Strike? Much public discussion of moral, legal, and political integrity reflects the interface between […]
