In late 2022, the Australian Government introduced legislation to establish an independent National Anti-Corruption Commission, with broad jurisdiction to investigate corruption in the Commonwealth public sector. This paper provides a baseline measure of perceived corruption in Australia. The paper also examines community perceptions of corruption and its relationship with the perceived legitimacy of politicians and...

Trust in the institutions of public life has taken a beating after years of scandal in UK politics. As Ipsos polling commissioned specially for this report shows, there is a sense among the public that people in power do not feel bound by the same rules as them.

This research note outlines the Victorian system for regulating lobbying, and provides a summary of the issues most often discussed in relation to the risks of unregulated lobbying activity.

This report assesses progress against the 'democracy agenda' halfway through the 47th Parliament, and identifies priorities for 2024 – the last chance to implement electoral reforms ahead of the federal election due in 2025.

The authors of this paper argue that targeted reforms are needed to introduce transparency and diversity into federal political finance: disclosing political contributions in real time, publishing ministers’ diaries, stopping the very wealthy from dominating election spending, making public funding accessible to new entrants and restricting corporate cash-for-access payments.