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Welcome to TI Australia
TI Australia is the Australian national chapter of Transparency International (TI), the global coalition with a presence in over 80 countries. TI is dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing both international and national corruption. TI believes that corruption is one of the greatest challenges of the contemporary world. Since TI's launch in 1993, corruption has become a global issue and the World Bank among others has credited TI's key role in achieving this.

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Latest TI Australia Website Updates
Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2011 released
Transparency International has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index with Australia again ranking eighth with a score of 8.8, despite the bribery scandal that rocked the Reserve Bank of Australia.

 TI Australia's media release
 Corruption Perceptions Index 2011
Recent TI Australia Media Releases
Read TI Australia media releases commenting on:
- the announcement by the new South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, of a long-awaited ICAC inquiry.
- the announcement by Ministers Kevin Rudd and Martin Ferguson that Australia will trial an initiative to improve natural resource sector accountability.
Latest TIA Newsletter
Articles include:
- New TI Report on Climate Change - the Governance Challenge of the Century
- TI Asia Pacific Program: Towards Effective Leadership and Reforms in the Fight against Corruption
- When is One Guilty of Complicity in Relation to Bribery or Corruption?
- Update: Australia's Implementation of UNCAC

 Latest TIA Newsletter - November 2011
Progress Report 2011 - Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
TI's 2011 Progress Report on Enforcement is that enforcement is inadequate. There is active enforcement in only seven countries, moderate enforcement in nine countries and little no enforcement in 21 countries, including Australia. As a sequel to this global report, all readers will be aware that the Australian Federal Police has launched the first prosecution under the Australian law banning the bribery of foreign officials. Bribery charges have been laid against currency makers Note Printing Australia Limited (NPA) and Securency Limited, plus seven former employees. Click below to read the TIA media release on this issue and an article from The Age newspaper, titled 'RBA held evidence of bribery'.

 Progress Report 2011 ? Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
 TIA media release
 Age newspaper article


Bribery charges against RBA subsidiaries Read
Securency Scandal Read
The UK Bribery Act and Australia Read
G20's Anti-Corruption Action Plan Read
G20's Anti-Corruption Action Plan: whistleblower protection Read
USA commits to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Read
FIFA meets with TI Read
Greece and Government Debt Read
Everything you ever wanted to know about corruption, but were afraid to ask? Read
Daily Corruption News from around the World Read