Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Accountability is under threat. Parliament must urgently reset the balance

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Anne Tiernan, Adjunct Professor of Politics. Griffith Business School, Griffith University

All Australians have a stake in our nation’s good governance. The past week has provided plenty of reasons to be concerned about the Morrison government’s disregard of core tenets of Australian democracy in its quest for electoral advantage.

I can’t recall an Australian government that has been as blatant in its disdain for accountability as the one led by Scott Morrison. Nor has there been one that has more assiduously bred the culture of secrecy that permeates from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) down.

Its contempt for checks and balances, resentment of scrutiny and…

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