This report endeavours to reconcile the different public interest considerations which apply in identifying what reporting and public statement powers would appropriately be conferred on the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission. The report makes a number of recommendations for legislative change.

This assessment finds that although the policies embedded in the Ombudsman and Other Legislation Amendment Bill are appropriate to address the need for the Bill and will serve the public interest, little of the policymaking process behind the Bill was captured in the Government Statement of Public Interest.

The author of this paper argues that Australia must invest in sovereign capability in artificial intelligence (AI), with a public good imperative to service the community’s ongoing needs. Taxing large technology companies appropriately, and generating special levies, or charging them for the datasets they use, could contribute towards developing a sovereign, public AI infrastructure in...

The Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee was tasked with inquiring into how to appropriately regulate access to Australian Parliament by lobbyists, and how to improve the current transparency arrangements without unduly impeding what is both a legitimate political activity and an important feature of Australian democracy.

This report has been written for the purpose of informing the Independent Crime and Corruption Commission Reporting Review. The review was established was following the High Court decision of Crime and Corruption Commission v Carne [2023] HCA 28.