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The Centre for Public Integrity's Executive Director, Dr Catherine Williams, told The Sydney Morning Herald that leaving MPs' staffing allocations to the government's discretion creates "a troubling conflict of interest".
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Geoffrey Watson SC, a director of the Centre for Public Integrity, says the royal commission into Victoria's Big Build should be "very robust (and) quite aggressive" from the outset, AAP reports.
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Today, the Centre is hosting a panel with broad experience in analysing grant administration frameworks and practices.
The discussion will cover:
1. What is wrong with discretionary grants programs - politically, legally and constitutionally?
2. Does pork barrelling work? What the evidence shows about electoral impact.
3. Should candidates be allowed to make ‘election commitments’, and what are the alternatives to programs like this?
4. What should change?
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Delivering the Centre for Public Integrity Oration, Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood warned governments not to undermine public trust by "playing politics with our institutions". Michelle Grattan reports.
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ALT Image accompanying The Conversation's report on Danielle Wood's Centre for Public Integrity Oration.
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The Centre for Public Integrity's Stephen Charles Fellow, Will Partlett, on day one of Victoria's Big Build royal commission: short and technical, but the commission signalled it will act fast — and look to the very top.
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ALT Image accompanying The Conversation's analysis of the first day of Victoria's Big Build royal commission.
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The Centre for Public Integrity's Executive Director, Dr Catherine Williams, on Victoria's new IBAC laws: "Victoria finally has a fit-for-purpose integrity commission."
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Catherine Williams of the Centre for Public Integrity, on the $560m invitation-only grants program: "We know nothing about how the invitations went out - nothing at all."
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ALT Lead image from the AAP report on the federal government's $560 million invitation-only community infrastructure grants program.
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The Centre for Public Integrity to the AI inquiry: automated government decisions need transparency, oversight and a right of review.
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The Centre for Public Integrity: the $560m grants program's guidelines don't explain how projects were chosen, or why the process was closed.
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Who gets invited to apply for public money?
The Government says its $560.9m community grants program followed the rules. But it has not publicly explained how projects were selected for an invitation.
Our factsheet examines this gap.
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Use this link to read the Factsheet: buff.ly/lCbSPvr
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Victoria's new IBAC laws aren't perfect, writes the Centre's Will Partlett — but paired with the new construction royal commission, they're vital for restoring ministerial accountability.
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Nearly 3/4 of a $560.9m grants program went to Labor seats. The Centre for Public Integrity's Appleby, Neumayer & Douglass, in The Conversation, urge merit-based, accountable grants.
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ALT Illustrative image accompanying The Conversation article 'Government must be more transparent about who gets community grants – and why'
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The Centre For Public Integrity retweeted
$560.9 million in community infrastructure grants. Invitation only. No published explanation of how eligibility was determined.
New research from the Centre for Public Integrity asks whether community need explains where the money went.
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ALT Cover of the Centre for Public Integrity research paper Public money, political advantage? — the title set over a warm-lit photograph of the underside of a concrete overpass, dated September 2026.
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$560.9 million in community infrastructure grants. Invitation only. No published explanation of how eligibility was determined.
New research from the Centre for Public Integrity asks whether community need explains where the money went.
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ALT Cover of the Centre for Public Integrity research paper Public money, political advantage? — the title set over a warm-lit photograph of the underside of a concrete overpass, dated September 2026.
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Could community need explain the pattern?
The Centre tested household income and community connectedness. Neither showed a discernible relationship with grant intensity.
In total, 45 electoral divisions received no funding.
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The analysis does not conclude that individual grants lacked merit. It shows why public confidence requires transparent, merit-based decisions and enforceable standards.
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