For the record, ILC won’t deny new website airbrushed awkward past by Stephen Easton | 0 comments 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?
‘Yawning gaps’: government corporations need new watchdog by Neil Westbury | 0 comments OPINION: Federal government corporations need an independent regulator, argues Neil Westbury, a former top bureaucrat who sat on the Indigenous Land Corporation board.
Minister’s report-altering claims ‘drafted without my knowledge’ by The Mandarin | 0 comments 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?
Scullion’s demands: ‘reasonable request’ or ‘gross breach’? by Stephen Easton | 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.
Indigenous Affairs minister pressured independent body to alter report by Stephen Easton | 0 comments INVESTIGATION: Accusations of inappropriate interference were avoided in front of Senate Estimates. But emails released under FOI expose how the independent Indigenous Land Corporation was put in an impossible position.
Why public sector corporations need an independent watchdog by Stephen Easton | 0 comments 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.
Troubled agency’s vacation as annual report delayed past Estimates by Stephen Easton | 0 comments Despite calls for an inquiry by its former board members, the Indigenous Land Corporation will get a free pass this Senate Estimates. Former board members think they know why.
Questions for accountability bodies ahead of indigenous merger by Stephen Easton | 0 comments As the Indigenous Land Corporation gets a new chair and board members from the organisation it could be merged with, outgoing chair Dawn Casey aimed a stinging rebuke at accountability mechanisms. She wants a federal ICAC.
