The Australian Sports Commission requires good governance in allocating funds and has developed Principles of Good Governance for the guidance of sporting organisations. Despite the endorsement of most of the content of the Principles by the Independent Sport Panel in its 2009 Review, there are...

This paper is intended to provide an assessment of the impact of the silent revolution (decentralization reforms) of the last three decades on moving governments closer to people to establish fair, accountable, incorruptible and responsive governance. To accomplish this, a unique data set is...