ALP: Senior public servants should declare all their interests

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Labor federal member for Perth, Patrick Gorman, wants all senior public servants to be forced to declare their financial and personal interests, in a bid to improve transparency and confidence in our public institutions:

The Morrison government now requires senior public servants to reveal gifts or benefits worth more than $100…

But Mr Gorman, who was once an adviser to prime minister Kevin Rudd, said there should be even more transparency about the financial and community links of senior public servants.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.