Calls for crackdown on local government misconduct
Queensland’s councils have put forward tighter transparency regulations beyond those proposed by the state’s corruption commission.
1 May, 2018Queensland’s councils have put forward tighter transparency regulations beyond those proposed by the state’s corruption commission.
1 May, 2018Australia rates comparatively well on international corruption scales, but it is getting worse. The annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) from Transparency International rates 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people. It uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and […]
22 February, 2018Two new reports have highlighted the extent of corruption in the Australian Public Service (APS). One of the says that corrupt practices may cost the economy as much as $72 billion dollars since 2012. Australia’s Public Service Commission has released a report that says that 5 percent of APS survey respondents said they had witnessed […]
11 January, 2018Americans are more scared of government and its corrupt officials than they are of anything else, including nuclear war or climate change.
13 October, 2017Pretend reference checks and pay rises for the family.
19 June, 2017‘Mr Ipswich’ in strife.
8 June, 2017Ratepayers pay for council boss’ booze, cabs and dinners.
4 May, 2017Travel expenses biggest rort.
26 January, 2017Oversight powers sent to Auditor General.
20 December, 2016QLD Crime and Corruption Commission speaks out.
15 December, 2016Developers banned from voting (again).
22 June, 2016Three tales of greedy officials.
10 June, 2016Bitter in-fighting continues among councillors.
10 March, 2016Mudslinging mars local government poll.
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