Giz has taken a leading role in ensuring that the State Government is held accountable for its actions.

This work has included parliamentary inquiries into

• management of the State’s Finances
• the Balga Works program
• the police raid on the Sunday Times.

Giz has also pushed for reform on key accountability issues including:

• legislation to regulate the activities of paid lobbyists
• caps on election expenditure to remove the dependence of political parties on corporate donations
• the establishment of a Judicial Commission
• a Second Commission on Government to audit the implementation of the first Commission on Government and consider additional measures are needed to prevent corrupt, illegal or improper conduct by public officials.