Designing Open Democracy — Landscape News: Accountability Sink

888 Co-operative Causeway: Co-hosting "International Day of Democracy: democracy beyond the ballot box" panel with Designing Open Democracy

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Major — Public panel co-hosted for International Day of Democracy

Panel at the Kelvin Club — the members' club 888 provides workspace access to — on democratic practices beyond voting. Confirmed panel of four — Nicholas Gruen (Lateral Economics), Anitra Nelson (University of Melbourne), Godfrey Moase (CoPower), and Nicole Hunter (MosaicLab).

Hosted by 888 Co-operative Causeway in partnership with Designing Open Democracy.

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Australia · Cooperative · Employee Ownership Trusts · Worker Cooperatives · Economic Democracy · Meta-Organisation · Deliberative Democracy · Accountability Sink · Cybernetic Governance

The Australia Institute — Democracy & Accountability Program: Climate Integrity Summit 2026 — global leaders, economists and advocates on Australia's fossil fuel exit, Parliament of NSW Sydney

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Major — Flagship conference/summit

The Climate Integrity Summit convenes leading experts in economics, ecology, policy and governance to discuss a credible and achievable climate policy that serves the Australian people and the broader global community.

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Australia · Accountability Sink · Constitutional Democracy · Representative Democracy

Council Watch: Published first results from its National Council Census 2026, drawing ~5,000 respondents nationwide

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Self-run national survey of council trust

Around 5,000 participants nationwide responded; the article reports early no-confidence indicators including 89.4% agreeing council wastes money and 85.2% saying council does not represent them. Self-compiled advocacy data — see the page's own Sourcing note.

The first results from the National Council Census 2026 are in - and they are savage.

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Australia · Accountability Sink

Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK): Designated a "terrorist organisation" by Russia's Supreme Court, the harshest legal classification available

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Major — Harshest legal designation escalation against the organisation

The ruling targeted Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), Inc., the US-registered successor entity to the original Russia-based FBK (declared an "undesirable organization" in 2021). Escalates a years-long designation crackdown; Russian authorities have opened over 100 criminal cases against donors to Navalny-linked groups.

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday designated Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation as a terrorist organization, escalating a yearslong crackdown on the late opposition leader’s network and exposing its members and supporters to even harsher penalties.

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Russia · Accountability Sink · Radical Transparency · Democracy

Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA): Delivered election observation training for Pan-African Parliament members in Pretoria

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Notable — Continental capacity-building training for AU election observers

Attended by over forty PAP Members and Secretariat staff; part of EISA's broader mandate building continental bodies' technical capacity for election oversight, aligning parliamentarians' understanding with African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) methodology and code of conduct.

The Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), in partnership with the African Union Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (DPAPS) through its Democracy and Elections Unit (DEU), successfully delivered a three-day Election Observation Training for Members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) from 12–14 November 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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South Africa · Representative Democracy · Democracy · Accountability Sink