This document highlights the key integrity reforms our federal parliament must enact if we are to build a more democratic Australia.
National Integrity Commission
The Hon Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD SC Commissioner, National Anti-Corruption Commission says despite three decades of advancements in Australia’s integrity landscape, the need for ongoing vigilance “cannot be denied.”
Transparency International Australia first called for a federal integrity commission in 2005. Now almost 18 years later, we have a well-resourced, independent and powerful National Anti-Corruption Commission.
7 December 2022. Join our board members and integrity experts as they break down the soon-to-be legislated National Anti-Corruption Commission.
As the NACC Bill returns to Parliament today, the country’s leading integrity organisations and experts are making a united call for the elimination of the ‘exceptional circumstances’ threshold for public hearings.
This document highlights a snapshot of the key integrity reforms our federal parliament must enact if we are to build a more democratic Australia.
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