Publications

The ABC News (26.2.15) reports that Independent MP Peter Wellington has condemned the duration of a police investigation into the acting head of Queensland’s Crime and Corruption

Brian Costar writes in Inside Story (25.2.15) that ‘Campbell Newman’s premiership was an object lesson in the dangers of untrammelled power.  Queensland needs an upper house to

Danielle Celermajer writes in The Conversation (17.2.15) that ‘the failure of senior ministers of government to observe basic protocols of respect for the Human Rights Commission

Professor A J Brown writes in the Brisbane Times (13.2.15), just as confirmation came through that Labor would form the next Queensland Government: ‘On February 9,

‘Is it fair that property developers or miners can pay large sums of money to directly lobby government ministers, when objectors are unable to afford to

Links to the papers from the conference ‘Accountability and the Law’ are provided below. Program for ‘Accountability and the Law’ conference, 9.2.15. » Richard Carew: ‘The

The Hon Tony Fitzgerald AC QC has sought a commitment of all Queensland political parties to his Four Principles that should underlie a a democratic, accountable

TJRyan Research Associate, ethicist the Rev Dr Noel Preston AM resigned from the Crime and Corruption Commission’s Research Ethics Committee. The link below is to an

Sean Leahy, 29.10.13. ‘Tony Fitzgerald savages Newman Government for ‘nepotism’, says it would be ‘folly’ to vote for LNP’.(ABC News, 23.1.15) ‘The path is being decisively

During its brief term in power, the present government treated the community with contempt.  From behind a populist facade, it engaged in rampant nepotism, sacked, stacked

On the the use or abuse of executive power, Gary Crooke QC writes: ‘Given the wide remit reposed in the government, proper public administration demands careful

‘The Newman Government has pandered to one of its most generous donor industries in developing its plan to crack down on alcohol-fuelled violence, according to a