The NACC marks its second anniversary as the nation’s federal corruption buster. It has assessed over 4,500 complaints and launched more than 40 investigations.
- Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
The latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index shows Australia has reversed its decade-long slide, ranking back in the top 10 least corrupt countries.
As Australia heads to a federal election next year, it is vital the next government establishes a whistleblower protection authority.
A whistleblower authority is needed who will finally ensure these protections work fully, in practice, to best serve the public interest.
Already there is much talk about who the agency should investigate first. Here’s who can bring cases and how the body will operate.
It’s the biggest reform to federal public accountability for over 40 years, though questions remain over whether it’s been designed sufficiently to weather future political storms.
Recent developments in Australian whistleblowing cases have shown how critical it is to reform our laws - which are far from world standard.
While Labor is close to delivering an historic integrity reform, there are wrinkles still to be ironed out.
Labor is committed to changing the law for the better. Here’s what needs doing
Survey findings bring insight to the general public’s thoughts and concerns of an Indigenous Voice to parliament. What questions still need to be answered to obtain a yes vote in a referendum?
Our experts rated the Coalition’s model as either very unsatisfactory or a fail. Most agreed Labor’s proposed model is much better, but said a lot more detail is needed.
Australia has plummeted in Transparency International’s corruption perception index over the past decade. It’s time our leaders commit to real reform.
The Coalition has made promises on whistleblower protection and must soon reveal its plan for a federal integrity commission. Now is the time for both parties to prove they can take real action.
South Australia has shown other Australian jurisdictions what not to do with their anti-corruption bodies, especially the proposed federal integrity commission.
New research reveals high support for a First National Voice to be enshrined in the Constitution.
Australia is a step closer to finally having a federal anti-corruption agency. Attorney-General Christian Porter has released draft legislation designed to set up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission.
Australian laws make it inevitable for whistleblowers to be charged whenever national security might be involved, even when the information is in the public interest.
The government has a lot of work to do on it’s proposed foreign influence and official secrets laws to ensure they don’t prosecute whistleblowers.
We need to reform whistleblower protections if we want them to help maintain the integrity of government, business and non-profits.
Businesses are trying to set up procedures to help whistleblowers, but better guidance, incentives and regulation are still needed, new research finds.
Whistleblowers need better incentives, compensation and protection under Australian law, especially those in the private and not-for-profit sectors.
Commitment to a stronger, ongoing and more bipartisan federal reform process is one of the true tests of modern political leadership.
There is almost nothing in the Constitution that helps us make the system function, as against a mass of gaps and silences that are the sources of our problems.
It’s official: Labor is set to lead a minority government in Queensland, with the electoral commission finally declaring the results of the tight election, almost a fortnight after the January 31 poll…
Australia’s Reform of the Federation taskforce has released two major issues papers on the scrambled roles and responsibilities of governments in the areas of housing and homelessness, and health. The…
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