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.

This publication presents a comparative analysis of recent and important Australian public sector integrity reviews (often triggered by corruption and serious procedural failures), and provides summaries of a number of key integrity-focused reports.

The investigation followed a 2022 referral alleging that the public service had been “stacked” with party operatives. The investigation did not find evidence of this but did, however, find the public sector had been politicised in other, equally pervasive ways.

The integrity of the public service is one of the key drivers of public trust in government institutions. The APS Integrity Taskforce was established to take a ‘bird’s-eye’ view of the Australian Public Service integrity landscape, identify gaps and look for opportunities to learn from and build upon the important work already underway across the...