Scribe is pleased to share that Keeping Them Honest by Stephen Charles AO and Catherine Williams has been longlisted for the 2022 Australian Political Book of the Year Award. This award was established to highlight the significant role Australian political books play in better understanding politics and public policy, with the longlisted books being those that the judges deemed to provide the most compelling contribution to understanding Australian political events and debates.
‘We were very pleased to see a wide range of books that provided deep insights into contemporary political events, context for understanding them by examination of historical events, and analysis of important policy debates. Our political system and our democracy are enriched by these books. We are, as a community, grateful to the authors and publishers and their commitment to enhancing Australian public policy debate,’ said the judges.
Congratulations to Stephen, Catherine, and all of the other longlisted authors. The winner will be announced on 9 November.
Keeping Them Honest: the case for a genuine national integrity commission and other vital democratic reforms is a revealing and compelling case for the establishment of a strong national anti-corruption body and the enactment of other vital democratic reforms.
After a distinguished career at the Victorian Bar and as a Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Stephen Charles AO, QC, is now a board member of the Accountable Round Table and the Centre for Public Integrity. He has been for many years a tireless advocate for the creation of a federal anti-corruption watchdog.
Dr Catherine Williams is an adjunct research fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University, where she has lectured and tutored. She holds degrees in Arts and Law and a PhD from La Trobe, and is now research director of the Centre for Public Integrity
A revealing and compelling case for the establishment of a strong national anti-corruption body and the enactment of other vital democratic reforms.
Over the last few years, instances of the federal government spending taxpayers’ money to gain improper political advantage in elections have continued, with many hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on the Community Sport Infrastructure Program (aka the Sports Rorts) and the Urban Congestion Fund (the Carpark Rorts). As Stephen Charles writes, these electorally targeted pork-barrelling exercises are better understood as political corruption, which…
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