by jmsthornton | Jun 3, 2020 | Federal Government, Governance, News, Open Government, Submissions
This submission to the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 was made by Accountability Round table on 27 May 2020. It addresses the absence of independent scrutiny of government actions during the period of the Covid19 crisis. In particular, the exclusion of...
by Lyn Allison | Apr 8, 2020 | News
ART Media | ART launches petitions calling on all Australian Parliaments to sit through the Covid-19 crisis The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the greatest expansion of executive power in generations. Yet the evidence supporting these powers and the decisions...
by Lyn Allison | Feb 9, 2020
Former directors and members of ART Spencer Zifcak, Allan Myers Professor of Law at the Australian Catholic University, former President of Liberty Victoria, and former Chair of the Accountability Round Table. He specialises in International Human Rights Law,...
by Lyn Allison | Feb 9, 2020
ART Board of Directors Fiona McLeod AO SC PRESIDENT She is a Past President of the Law Council of Australia and the Australian Bar Association. She practises at the Victorian Bar, appearing in trials and appeals in public and commercial law. She was appointed senior...
by jmsthornton | Sep 30, 2019 | Prorogation, Rule of Law, United Kingdom
Does the UK Court decision to rule Johnson’s Prorogation of Parliament strengthen or weaken democracy? David Harper, former Judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, and ART member suggests that the UK decision should strengthen democracy. Read...
