This audit assessed the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts. Audit objective, criteria and scope This audit is the seventeenth in a series of audits and fulfils the Senate’s request for the Auditor‐General to provide an annual report on agencies’ compliance with the Senate Procedural...

This report analyses the current state of whistleblower protection rules in each of the G20 countries, applying to the identification of wrongdoing in both the public and private sectors.

Following a review of Victoria's local government electoral system, the Victorian Government is seeking feedback on 55 recommendations contained in these two reports. The Local Government Electoral Review Panel's recommendations have the stated intention of strengthing local democracy in Victoria, addressing issues such as "dummy candidates", transparency over potential conflicts of interest, caps on donations...

This article proffers an alternative system for handling complaints about the judiciary, tailored to fit within Australia's constitutional constraints whilst promoting the institutional integrity of the judiciary. Abstract Judges are human. It is their humanity that allows them to pass judgement on the complexities of fact and law in cases before them. However, their humanity...

This paper examines proposed internet filtering policies in Australia from the 1990s to 2014 and discusses some of their ideological underpinnings. Executive summary The Internet is a revolutionary source of information and its dissemination; and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals without regard for geographic location. Since its inception, however, concerns have been...