Transparency International Australia has consistently called for a strong and independent national anti-corruption and pro-integrity commission.
2005
Transparency International Australia first made the call for a Commonwealth agency dedicated to preventing and stopping federal government corruption
2006-2011
TI Australia continued to call for an anti-corruption and pro-integrity commission in the media, to our supporters and to parliament
2012
TI Australia contributed to consultations around the national anti-corruption plan
2013
TI Australia hosted a national anti-corruption forum to hear from political parties and their approaches to fighting corruption
2014
Australia dropped out of the top ten least-corrupt countries on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. TI Australia again called for Australia to introduce an integrity commission to reverse this decline.
2015
TI Australia partnered with the Australia Institute and others to host a conference on accountability, helping to kick off further debate for a federal integrity agency alongside other state and territory agencies.
2016
TI Australia provided a submission with key design recommendations to a Senate Select Committee.
2017
The Senate Select Committee on a National Integrity Commission referenced our National Integrity System Assessment project with Griffith University as the key input into the design of this reform.
2018
TI Australia published a comprehensive report in partnership with Griffith University, which detailed the key design principles of a strong and independent national anti-corruption and pro-integrity commission
2018
TI Australia’s experts were central to the design of the pathbreaking legislation introduced by Cathy McGowan MP in 2018, Helen Haines MP and then the Australian Greens in 2020.
2020-2022
TI Australia continued to participate in the former Coalition Government and current Labor Governments’ consultation processes on the reform.