Crucial integrity reforms lagging despite Palaszczuk promise
Integrity reforms proposed in a bombshell report are yet to be introduced more than 300 days after the Premier committed to them ‘lock, stock and barrel’.
All the latest news on the Palaszczuk government's integrity crisis
Integrity reforms proposed in a bombshell report are yet to be introduced more than 300 days after the Premier committed to them ‘lock, stock and barrel’.
After being elected without a plan eight years ago, the Queensland Labor government has been more reactive than proactive, writes the editor.
A former Labor press secretary claims secrecy triumphed over transparency as unions dictated policy inside the Palaszczuk government, writes Des Houghton.
Annastacia Palaszczuk and her cabinet cronies succeeded in distracting the media from the serious arm wrestle with the Crime and Corruption Commission that goes to the heart of government integrity, or a lack of it, writes Des Houghton. Have your say.
With Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk undergoing dental surgery the day after a damning integrity report dropped, it was left to her ministers to face the media.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is yet to front the media to discuss the bombshell Coaldrake Review, blaming a two-hour dental appointment for the delay.
Professor Peter Coaldrake’s review says Queensland bureaucrats need “entirely fresh training” in codes of conduct and “ethical decision-making”. Here’s what he uncovered.
The Opposition is continuing calls for a royal commission in the wake of Peter Coaldrake’s report on the Palaszczuk government’s integrity, as a senior minister said it “must do better”.
A fish rots from the head, or so goes the old adage about the impact poor leadership can have on an organisation. And Professor Peter Coaldrake does not miss making that point in his landmark review, writes the editor.
A clearing house for all complaints would be set-up to allow the Crime and Corruption Commission to focus only on the most serious instances of criminal misconduct, under a key recommendation of the Coaldrake integrity review.
Only two people had undertaken mandatory training designed to help senior government officials in leading an effective public service when a review into the culture and accountability of the public sector began.
Labor-aligned lobbyists Evan Moorhead and Cameron Milner shouldn’t be lobbying during this term of government after working on the 2020 election campaign, the Coaldrake Review has suggested.
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