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.
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The focus on building democracy should be on more intermediary outcomes, which can serve as building blocks for longer term democratic renewal.
Pressure is mounting on Congress to take action on Facebook. Our panel of experts offers their top priorities: user control of data, banking-like oversight and resources to close the digital divide.
President Tshisekedi’s government no longer has the excuse that it’s being hampered by the dead hand of his predecessor Joseph Kabila’s cabal.
South Africa has seen a fair number of whistleblowers raising the alarm on irregularities and corruption – the most recent was murdered.
The extent of democracy capture varies markedly between countries. It’s much higher in states such as Zimbabwe, where the government has never changed hands.
In an open democracy, there is no rationale for withholding information about National Cabinet’s decisions or any documents these decisions are based on.
Nigeria’s new petroleum law will make its petroleum industry as competitive and attractive to investors as its peers.
Politicians of all stripes, computer professionals and even big-tech executives are calling on government to hit the brakes on using these algorithms. The feds are hitting the gas.
Expensive, opaque and in duplicate. Why company contracts to help the COVID vaccine rollout are such a concern.
Tighter controls are not the answer; the opportunity should be used to think differently about trust and journalism. It is critical to enable audiences to distinguish reliable, verified information.
University trustees are among the least-studied groups in higher education. Increasingly, they’re making news – as the focus of a crisis. That raises the question: To whom are they accountable?
The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.
More than most other countries, the non-profit sector in Canada relies on government funding. Yet there is a shocking lack of transparency.
A responsible approach to the use of artificial intelligence by government requires transparency. The Canadian government’s use of AI in making immigration decisions warrants further investigation.
Surveys suggest people trust companies more than government and the media, showing they have an important role in helping end the pandemic.
A good political donation disclosure system would close the loopholes that allow major donors to hide, while protecting the privacy of small donors.
When illegal fishing is misrepresented, it leads to poor investments and misguided policies that don’t help the actual problem.
Transparency is an evolved characteristic of some species to help them survive, even when predators are staring directly at them.
With lives depending on a vaccine, trust in Canada’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force is crucial. Members of the task force need to make any industry links or potential conflicts of interest publicly clear.
Top contributors
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Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Fellow in Commercial Determinants of Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
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Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate, Grattan Institute