A new report from Grattan Institute argues the secrecy and inequality surrounding who has “say” and “sway” in Canberra can be remedied – if politicians can just find the will to do it.
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The Calgary Flames are the latest pro sports team asking for public funds for a new arena. Cities across North America help fund sports facilities, but with little transparency and accountability
When public universities and their foundations take large sums of money from political and strategic philanthropists, they can’t safeguard academic freedom unless there’s some transparency.
The women who called for an inquiry into the actions of undercover police have since walked out of proceedings they see as unjust.
The technology behind blockchain remains a mystery to many, but the it shares many common features with the popular online encyclopedia with which most web users are very familiar.
The March for Science on April 14 and Earth Day on April 22 are likely to generate big crowds demonstrating against Trump administration policies. Here are some issues they’ll be marching about.
Third party data brokers trade in personal information and the industry is worth billions. But the activities of these companies remain largely invisible. It’s time to shine a light.
In it’s first inclusion in the Open Budget Index of 115 countries, Australia ranks 12th.
During Sunshine Week, three scholars of government transparency look at a potential collision between the old freedom of information movement and the new open government movement. Is there room for both?
To stop sexual exploitation in the aid sector, more self-regulation by NGOs isn’t the answer.
Blockchain is now helping to bring much-needed transparency to the global tuna industry, which has been prone to corruption, human slavery and unsustainable fishing practices.
Social media companies arose from libertarian, free-market origins but must embrace social benefits and democracy to survive.
The ideas are already out there to tackle some of the tax avoidance highlighted by the Paradise Papers.
Micro-targeted online advertising has destroyed how Americans share experiences and a common knowledge base. The fix for this societal and political problem is as simple now as it was in 1840.
Squabbling and poor regulation achieve nothing.
Despite arguments that it is too loose, ambiguous and easy to hide behind, the ‘public interest’ is an integral part of the discourse, law, regulation and governance of modern democracies.
A scholar argues why more rules, regulations and codes, such as those proposed by Walter Shaub, will not have much effect.
Political and community leaders must act now to preserve the American middle class and adapt the US economy for the 21st century.
Can open data change the world? We looked beyond the hype to find out.
Australians can’t tell which private hospital is safer then the next because the data isn’t publicly available. It’s time that changed.
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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