Children and adults on tour may sit in the chair of leadership in the Legislative Assembly at the Parliament of Victoria (Australia) . Most will most likely never forget having sat in a chair of someone with such prestige and power.This splendid opportunity shapes a vision of being able to dream and aspire to be a leader in such a capacity.Victoria's government allows the public to sit in the chambers and to even visit with lawmakers during their tour of this beautiful, stunning and important government building. The tour experientially teaches about the governing process.
Independent MP Allegra Spender is sponsoring efforts to break
the “Gordian Knot” holding our country back from resolving the housing crisis.
As I have often pointed out, our major political parties are
too focused on winning political power than resolving complex issues. We are
seeing, yet again, initiatives to improve the situation held up by political point-scoring.
In an article in the SMH on
10/6/23 Peter Hartcher reviews the latest in “political intransigence” that is
placing a “brick wall” in front of progress.
The call
for a “Citizen’s Jury” should be heeded!https://www.smh.com.au/national/if-politicians-can-t-fix-the-housing-crisis-can-the-peopl
Australia has led the world with protections for public interest whistleblowing. From the early 1990s Australia was the first country after the United States to enact comprehensive public sector whistleblowing laws. In 2019,Australia's private sector laws were the first to give whistleblowers rights to compensation if companies fail in their duty to protect them.
However, overall, Australia’s whistleblower protection laws are now falling behind.
The 5-year statutory review of the Corporations Act whistleblower protection provisions (Part 9.4AAA) is due in 2024. Given recent issues with PwC these provisions should be strengthened and extended to partnerships.
https://transparency.org.au/accountable-government/whistleblowing/
