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2010 Media Releases
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For all enquires with regard to interviews, press releases and other media related information please contact 18 August 2010: A plan to advance transparency and integrity in national government - 2010 Federal Election Report To advance the integrity and accountability of Australia's national government, Transparency International Australia has called on the major political parties to give their bipartisan support to:
1. Establish a National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission to oversight the Federal Public Sector;
2. Legislate for greater protection of whistleblowers in the public sector;
3. Review and strengthen the 2008 Federal Lobbying Code of Conduct; and
4. Fully implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
 Click here for full press release - 18 Aug 2010 (2010 Federal Election - a call TI Aust to major political parties.pdf - 63.54 KB)9 March 2010: Transparency wants greater scrutiny of Customs Australia's Customs and Border Protection Service should be brought under independent scrutiny urgently, the anti-corruption body Transparency International Australia said today.
The Chief Executive of Transparency International Australia (TIA), Michael Ahrens, said TIA is among the bodies that support the recommendation by a Federal Joint Parliamentary Committee that the Service be brought under the jurisdiction of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) on a whole-of-agency basis.
Mr Ahrens said the 5500 strong Customs Service, in protecting our borders, was proactively pushing that protection role into countries where corruption was sometimes an accepted business practice.
'This will tend to expose Customs staff to greater and more diverse corruption,' Mr Ahrens said.
'Also, Customs officers can intercept telecommunications, are often armed and have access to information of interest to serious and organised criminals. In reality, the Service is just as much a law enforcement agency as the Crime Commission and the Federal Police.'
'ACLEI is the only Australian Government agency whose sole focus is defeating corruption. It was set up to provide assurance of the integrity of our major law enforcement agencies, the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Federal Police, through independent assessment and investigation of corruption issues.'
Mr Ahrens said the need for extension of the jurisdiction of the ACLEI to cover all law enforcement agencies in Canberra has been evident for some time. The Customs and Border Protection Service is clearly a law enforcement agency and so is prime for inclusion in ACLEI's jurisdiction.
The Committee Interim Report is available at:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/aclei_ctte/integrity_com_act/submissions.htm
Contact: Michael Ahrens: 0411 360 209: Bob Lawrence 0428 280 222
 Committe Interim Report Click here for full press release - 9 Mar 2010 (10_3_9 TIA Press Release ACLEI.pdf - 43.85 KB)
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