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Codes of Conduct in Australian and Selected Overseas Parliaments Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BACKGROUND NOTE Updated 18 September 2012 Codes of conduct in Australian and selected overseas parliaments Deirdre McKeown Politics and Public Administration Section Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Summary of codes of conduct in Australian parliaments ........................................................................ 2 Australian parliaments ............................................................................................................................. 3 Commonwealth parliament ................................................................................................................ 3 Ministerial code of conduct ........................................................................................................... 3 Post-separation employment ........................................................................................................ 4 Members of parliament code of conduct ...................................................................................... 5 Parliamentary Integrity Commissioner ........................................................................................ 10 Register of interests ..................................................................................................................... 11 Lobbying code of conduct and register of lobbyists .................................................................... 13 New South Wales .............................................................................................................................. 19 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 19 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 20 Secondary employment and post-separation employment ........................................................ 21 Disclosure of pecuniary interests ................................................................................................ 23 Parliamentary ethics adviser ....................................................................................................... 24 Lobbyist code of conduct and register of lobbyists ..................................................................... 24 Victoria .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 27 Members of parliament code of conduct and register of interests ............................................ 28 Law Reform Committee review of the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1978 .................................................................................................................................... 28 Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission ............................................................ 29 Lobbyist code of conduct and register of lobbyists ..................................................................... 30 Queensland ....................................................................................................................................... 31 Ministers’ code of ethics .............................................................................................................. 31 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 32 Register of members’ interests ................................................................................................... 33 Lobbyist code of conduct and register of lobbyists ..................................................................... 34 Queensland Integrity Commissioner ........................................................................................... 35 Integrity Act 2009 (Qld) ............................................................................................................... 36 Western Australia ............................................................................................................................. 38 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 38 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 39 Register of interests ..................................................................................................................... 39 Lobbyist code of conduct and register of lobbyists ..................................................................... 39 South Australia .................................................................................................................................. 41 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 41 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 41 Register of interests ..................................................................................................................... 43 Lobbyist code of conduct and register of lobbyists ..................................................................... 43 Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Bill ................................................................... 43 Tasmania ........................................................................................................................................... 45 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 45 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 45 Integrity Commission ................................................................................................................... 46 Parliamentary Standards Commissioner ..................................................................................... 47 Register of interests ..................................................................................................................... 47 Lobbyist register .......................................................................................................................... 48 Australian Capital Territory ............................................................................................................... 48 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 48 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 49 Ethics and integrity adviser.......................................................................................................... 50 Register of interests ..................................................................................................................... 51 Lobbying code of conduct and lobbyist register.......................................................................... 51 Northern Territory ............................................................................................................................ 51 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 51 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 51 Register of interests ..................................................................................................................... 52 Lobbying code of conduct and lobbyist register.......................................................................... 52 United Kingdom ................................................................................................................................ 52 Ministerial code of conduct ......................................................................................................... 52 Breaches of the Ministerial Code ................................................................................................ 53 Report on the role of the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests ..................................... 55 Members of parliament code of conduct .................................................................................... 56 Register of interests ..................................................................................................................... 58 Lobbying industry inquiry ............................................................................................................ 59 Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 .............................................................................................. 61 Canada .............................................................................................................................................. 62 Ministerial code of conduct ........................................................................................................
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