Premier Ben Carroll’s new laws, along with the building royal commission, are vital in ensuring accountability and restoring good governance in Victoria.
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Successive reports from integrity bodies have found the Labor government acted improperly across a range of issues over the years. It’s time that changed.
Allegations of bikie and criminal infiltration into Victoria’s massive infrastructure program have dogged the premier for months.
A royal commission on the CFMEU scandal would be helpful. But it would be better for the Victorian government to endorse reforms to its anti-corruption agency.
A class action lawsuit has detailed the ‘degrading’ experiences women can experience at the hands of police. It’s just the tip of the iceberg.
A collection of essays, edited by a former Queensland police officer, contains eyewitness accounts of systemic racism, homophobia, misogyny and institutionalised toxicity.
The report casts important light on a growing threat to Australian parliamentary democracy: the exercise of public power by unaccountable ministerial advisors.
We talk a lot about corrupt behaviour in politics and holding wrong-doers to account. But there’s another problem: the need for politicians to have better values and standards in the first place.
Labor MP Anthony Byrne to the finance department by Anthony Albanese to investigate his employment of taxpayer-funded staff who didn’t show up
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon.
Albanese’s failure to act against Labor MP Anthony Byrne smacks of double standards on integrity
There are three main differences between IBAC and ICAC, the Victorian and NSW bodies set up to combat government corruption.
A complaints system in which police investigate themselves is hardly likely to instil confidence in communities where police are regarded as the problem rather than the solution.
VET certification standards differ greatly from university. Students qualify for diplomas with no set course length, assignments, or campus contact.
There cannot be a more important office or more challenging role than being a member of parliament. This is especially so for government MPs and ministers, including the newly elected Victorian ministry…
Before the 2010 election, the opposition – now the government – promised Victorians an anti-corruption commission. This was to be closely modelled on the New South Wales Independent Commission Against…
The Accountability Round Table (ART), a non-partisan organisation, wrote to the three major political parties two months ago seeking their position on three important arms of Victoria’s integrity system…
A fundamental lack of trust is at the heart of Australian politicians’ extremely poor reputation. It is the main reason why people’s opinions about their elected representatives have mutated from healthy…
The old joke was that visitors to Queensland should turn their clock back one hour and their calendar back 30 years. There are indications state premier Campbell Newman wants to take Queensland back to…
To steal a line, there’s something rotten in the state of Victoria. It has a serious problem with corruption, and may find itself ill-equipped to fight it. This might come as a surprise to Victorians…
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