ILC

A new website is a good time to clean out old content. But for publicly funded corporations, isn’t it important to keep key documents on the public record?

OPINION: Federal government corporations need an independent regulator, argues Neil Westbury, a former top bureaucrat who sat on the Indigenous Land Corporation board.

Internal documents obtained under FOI don’t accurately reflect Nigel Scullion’s request for the ILC board, he claims. Should he have asked in writing?

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says he made a “reasonable request” about an independent body’s annual report. But a former chair calls the intervention a “gross breach” of standards.

FEATURE: The idea that there are holes in the federal accountability landscape won’t go away. Veterans of debacles say the PGPA Act, although an improvement, is no substitute for an independent umpire.