---
title: Accountability Round Table
type: advocacy
status: active
country: AU
website: http://accountabilityrt.org
logo: /assets/org-logos/accountability-round-table.jpg
contact:
  checked: 2026-07-30
  form: http://accountabilityrt.org/contact
  source: http://accountabilityrt.org/contact
summary: A non-partisan Australian group of citizens — academics, lawyers, politicians,
  journalists — working to improve standards of accountability, transparency, and
  democratic integrity in Australian governments.
concepts:
- accountability-sink
- constitutional-democracy
- liberal-democracy
location:
  latitude: -37.8136
  longitude: 144.9631
  name: Melbourne, Australia
  precision: city
rss_feed: http://accountabilityrt.org/feed
events:
- date: '2006-01-01'
  title: Co-founded by former Supreme Court judge Tim Smith
  url: https://www.accountabilityrt.org/fiona-mcleod-sc-to-head-up-art/
  quote: She replaces Tim Smith, a former Supreme Court judge and foundation President
    of ART, which he co-founded in 2006.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-17'
- date: '2011-10-20'
  title: Holds the inaugural Annual Integrity Lecture, delivered by Fred Chaney on
    integrity in Parliament
  url: https://www.accountabilityrt.org/inaugural-art-lecture-fred-chaney-integrity-parliament-where-does-duty-lie/
  note: Post dated 20 October 2011; the lecture series was renamed the Jim Carlton
    Lectures in 2016.
  proof_level: medium
  url_checked: '2026-08-17'
activity:
  manual:
    checked: 2026-06-08
    date: 2026-06-08
    note: website loaded. Saw them meet in person
  rss:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    date: 2026-07-28
    note: 'Latest post: Enhancing government accountability'
    url: https://www.accountabilityrt.org/enhancing-government-accountability/
last_checked: '2026-06-02'
---

The Accountability Round Table is a non-partisan coalition of professionals with backgrounds across academia, law, politics, and journalism. Its focus is on the structural conditions that allow democratic accountability to function: transparency laws, integrity commissions, ministerial conduct standards, and parliamentary oversight.

The group makes submissions to public inquiries and publishes analysis on accountability-related reform. It grew out of concerns in the mid-2000s about erosion of standards in federal and state governance.

## Links

- Website: [accountabilityrt.org](http://accountabilityrt.org)

## See also

- [Accountability Sink](../concepts/accountability-sink.md)
- [Constitutional Democracy](../concepts/constitutional-democracy.md)
- [Liberal Democracy](../concepts/liberal-democracy.md)