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On paper, WE Charity could have been the best partner to implement the federal government's student grant program. But the failure to be transparent eroded the public's trust and led to its demise.
Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
The way the media cover disasters tends to follow a similar trajectory, and the COVID-19 crisis is no exception.
Coronavirus has revealed the extreme plight of Bangladeshi factory workers.
Across the United States, police are shielded from both public and departmental accountability by multiple layers of contractual and legislative protections.
Nearly half the states have reduced liability for health care providers at a time when nursing home regulation is declining and families can't visit loved ones for fear of spreading the coronavirus.
Oversight over how Ghana's oil wealth is spent has become more important than ever.
As Nigeria battles COVID-19, systemic corruption and a low level of accountability in the health sector may undermine efforts to halt the devastating effect of the virus.
The election of Port Elizabeth's first black mayor in 1995 signalled that the democratic change that had started in 1994 was irreversible. But problems lay ahead.
Congress wanted an aide to President Trump to testify; Trump ordered him not to. Congress went to court over it, and the court told both sides to leave the courts out of it and negotiate a solution.
The Constitution provides Congress with plenty of tools to hold the White House to account. So what moves does the legislative branch have left?
The precedent-setting ruling may cause jitters in dysfunctional municipalities around the country.
The impeachment vote is the latest, and most extreme, example of a power struggle between the executive branch and Congress that has existed since George Washington was president.
Seven US bishops have been removed for covering up clergy sexual abuse since 2015 after decades of no accountability. An expert explains how Catholic movements and whistleblowers forced this change.
The US legal system often gives the police the benefit of the doubt.
The consequences for board members of corporations found to violate the law and ethical norms are rare and usually minor.
Ramaphosa’s "new dawn" will require a rigorous evidence-base of what works to guide high-level policy planning and design.
Boeing's response to the crisis over its 737 Max planes has made the company seem defensive and passive. A crisis management expert explains how Boeing could reclaim the narrative.
Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans' biggest concerns.
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Adjunct Professor, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University
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Senior Research Specialist in Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Charles Sturt University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Accounting, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Director, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor in Parliamentary Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Johan Lidberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney
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