Father of two cheeky boys. Longboard surfer. Anti-corruption + human rights advocate. CEO @TIAustralia
Melbourne, Australia
Joined June 2011
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Such a privilege to represent @TIAustralia on @BreakfastNews to talk about Australia's still lagging score - despite a 2 point increase - on the Corruption Perceptions Index to be 75/100 #CPI2022 @anticorruption
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This morning we launched Australia's new #CPI2024 score with @MarkDreyfusKCMP. Australia has climbed to 77/100 and we are now in the top 10 best ranked countries. But more work remains—Australia must strengthen whistleblower protections, political financing and lobbying rules.
🧵1/6 🎆Another win for @TIAustralia in the fight against Kleptocrats, corrupt officials + organised crime gangs with new anti-money laundering / counter terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws passing parliament last night💵 @anticorruption
transparency.org.au/gatekeep…
5/6 ⚔️ The generous carve-out for lawyers to claim legal professional privilege does create a risk of lawyers being the profession of choice for money launders and not reporting suspicious matters to AUSTRAC.
🧵1/6 My op-ed in @canberratimes on electoral reforms: Money out of politics or a gift for major parties?
Good news election donations will be disclosed on a "real-time" or monthly basis + all donations over $1000 would need to be disclosed.
canberratimes.com.au/story/8…
5/6 🔎20K donations caps for an individual recipient are ok but those donating to multiple
candidates will have an annual $600K cap. So a bit of cash over three years to influence a candidate or party's views.
⏰3 pages of exemptions for gift also raise a few alarm bells
Joint statement from @TIAustralia @publicintegrity @theausinstitute and @ADN on the major loopholes in the Albanese government's proposed electoral reforms and need for major scrutiny as reported by @Paul_Karp
👉theguardian.com/australia-ne… 👇
📢Joint statement by @cpi_aus and @TIAustralia on government's proposed electoral reforms. transparency.org.au/joint-st…
Clear eyed analysis by Professor AJ Brown chair of @TIAustralia on the NACC Inspector's report into the handling of #Robodebt referral.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Breaking: Northern Territory land council raided by @NACCgovau with the CEO sacked @TIAustralia smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
📢Australian Federal Police drop lengthy foreign bribery investigation into Australian miner Sundance resources involving a mining license, the Congolese president, alleged bribes, shares, and a plan crash.
Story via @sumeyyailanbey
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smh.com.au/business/companie…
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New evidence @guardian on the risk of money laundering in Australia's real-estate + the need for reforms. As I told @knausc "🇦🇺 is 1 of only 5 countries globally that does not include real estate agents, lawyers + accountants...in our AML/CTF regime" theguardian.com/australia-ne… 👇
🧵1/2 After many years of @TIAustralia advocacy, legislative stops, starts and lobbying from industry, the government has today tabled the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024.
Thank you @MarkDreyfusKCMP @agdgovau
transparency.org.au/transpar…
2/3 It extends 🇦🇺 AML/CTF regime to high-risk services like real estate, lawyers, accountants, trust and company service providers, + dealers in precious stones + metals 💸
These professions will do stronger customer due diligence + report suspicious transactions to @AUSTRAC
