"By contrast, the reasons given by the government to justify the delay seem quite spurious."

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"After significant pressure from civil society, independents and the cross bench, the government has now released the report. The true reasons for the vacillation and delay are now quite evident in the damning contents of the report."

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"True, it appointed Lynelle Briggs to undertake a comprehensive report back in 2023 but since its completion the government had sat on the report for more than two years and refused to let the media or the public see it."

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"Despite its high-flown rhetoric, the Albanese government has been tortoise-like in responding to pressure to implement serious reform to the appointments process."

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"It has resulted in a serious lack of trust in government institutions. The low watermark was perhaps the Morrison government’s appointment of a horde of political figures and staffers to the administrative appeals tribunal in the concluding days of the 46th parliament."

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"This has been a significant blow to democratic principles."

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Read the Centre's full analysis in our Submission to the NT Parliament:

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"The NT government should withdraw this bill and reform their integrity system on the basis of a comprehensive and open inquiry."

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"Instead, by merging the ombudsman, anti-corruption commission, and health complaints commission into a 'super-commission', they risk making it worse,'" it said in a statement.

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"These reforms are extensive and highly technical, amending an already complex statutory environment, yet there is no publicly available evidence that adequate public consultation was undertaken," the Centre said.

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Read the research in full here:

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In summary;

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Our research outlines four major integrity concerns:

1 Failure of democratic process leading up to the introduction of the Bill
2 Extensive Executive override
3 Poor design of the Coordinator General
4 Weakening of safeguards in an already fragile integrity environment

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The result is a sweeping and expedited development regime that may enhance delivery capacity but, in doing so, raises serious integrity and accountability concerns about the concentration of executive power and the erosion of established safeguards.

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It establishes a framework for designating “State-significant development” — projects deemed of strategic or economic importance — under which streamlined processes may override or direct functions under existing legislation.

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Read the full research paper for the thorough analysis, including the full claims, the fact check and the findings here:

publicintegrity.org.au/research_pap...

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The Centre's research is damning, with the Government making significant claims about FOI that, according to our analysis, appear false or misleading.

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Claim 4: National security concerns justify changes proposed in the FOI Amendment Bill

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