A. J. Brown

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A. J. Brown

A. J. Brown is professor of public policy and law, and program leader, public integrity and anti-corruption, in the Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University. He is also a former senior investigator for the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Associate to Justice Tony Fitzgerald AC QC, ministerial advisor in the first Beattie Government, and current member of the board of Transparency International Australia.

Guide

Clean as a whistle: a five step guide to better whistleblowing policy and practice in business and government

6 Aug 2019

A. J. Brown,

Sandra Lawrence,

Jane Olsen,

Louise Rosemann,

Kath Hall,

Eva Tsahuridu,

Chris Wheeler,

Michael Macaulay,

Rodney Smith,

Paula Brough

Griffith University

This guide works as a companion to new regulatory requirements, formal guidance and standards for whistleblowing policies and programs. The findings and key actions will help everyone with a commitment to integrity – organisations and policymakers alike – act to ensure the positive role of...

Discussion paper

A National Integrity Commission – options for Australia

21 Aug 2018

A. J. Brown,

Adam Graycar,

Kym Kelly,

Ken Coghill,

Tim Prenzler,

Janet Ransley

Griffith University

This options paper provides evidence to support the creation of a new, federal anti-corruption and integrity framework, based on an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the existing framework, and community awareness, perception and views on how well corruption is being addressed at all...

Journal article

Towards a More Regional Federalism: Rural and Urban Attitudes to Institutions, Governance and Reform in Australia

1 Jan 2006

A. J. Brown,

Ian Gray,

Dimitria Giorgas

Governance reform is increasingly understood in terms of partnerships, flexibility and growth in the 'noninstitutionalised' forms of decision-making, but what do Australians make of the governmental institutions still so crucial to the theory and reality of governance? In Australian discussions about new spatial approaches to...

Journal article

Reshaping Australia's Federation: The Choices for Regional Australia

1 Jan 2007

A. J. Brown

Since Federation, Australia has rarely experienced such a dynamic state of change in the structures and methods of government as is occurring in the first decade of the 21st century. Over the last 10 years, the federal government has made strategic extensions into areas of...

Conference paper

People's Perceptions of Governance and the Implications for Regional Australia

1 Jan 2008

Ian Gray,

A. J. Brown

Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA)

The nature of the federal system, in terms of its basic components of localities, states and the nation, has been debated from time to time since Federation. Through this debate, the potential significance of regions has often been raised. Regions have been given significance by...