Democracy Agenda for the 51st Tasmanian Parliament - Options for reform

Similar to the Code of Conduct for Members of the Parliament of Tasmania, the Nolan Principles are a succinct set of seven principles to guide the conduct of public officers. [...] Adopt a range of immediate and longer-term actions to improve the functions of the Right to Information Act and increase the transparency and accountability of Tasmania’s public institutions. [...] When proposing an inquiry into the historic first-time co-occurrence of 2021 House of Assembly and Legislative Council elections, Meg Webb MLC identified several concerns with the election.45 The motion passed the Legislative Council,46 but not the House of Assembly, when Kristie Johnson MHA took carriage of the motion on Webb’s behalf.47 The lack of a Tasmanian electoral matters committee is a co. [...] One of its recommendations, that public authorities be obliged to notify the Integrity Commission of any allegations of serious misconduct, was reiterated by the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.54 In July 2022, the Tasmanian Government committed to implementing most of the outstanding recommendations from the Cox Revie. [...] RTI Act be amended to include the explicit presumption that all information sought under the Act is disclosable to a member of the public, unless exempt under the Act and contrary to the public interest to disclose.