Accountability Round Table News Today

The former head of IBAC says less secrecy is one of several recommendations he has to bring Victoria in line with other states.

A state MP has downplayed the risks posed by fringe groups after a protest derailed a Monash Council meeting and the drag queen at the centre of the controversy said she had received death threats.

The public row between the Andrews government and former IBAC commissioner Robert Redlich has sparked concern top candidates will shy away from putting their hand up to be the anti-corruption chief.

The Victorian government has removed the only website available for residents to compare their council’s performance with others.

Members of the former minor political party will have the opportunity to quiz the leadership on its spending, which was sourced from a billionaire’s subscription fee and community fundraisers featuring former AFL stars.

The Greens-dominated council has its own media team, but a taxpayer-funded parliamentary adviser issued press releases for City of Yarra via his work email, exposing a code of conduct loophole that integrity experts want closed.

Griffith research has been at the forefront of the development and establishment of Australias long-awaited National Anti-Corruption Commission

Campbell Rose anonymously donated thousands of dollars of his own money to help a senior public servant and the City of Melbourne’s chief executive compete in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp has declined to comment on the resignation of the council’s chief executive, who quit on Wednesday – just 90 minutes after Capp denied he was doing so.

Legal and integrity experts criticised the government’s proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission for having too high a threshold for public hearings.