The Honourable Mark Dreyfus QC MP is the Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for National Security. His speech considered whether it is time we strengthen governance mechanisms and improve political culture and accountability.

At a time when public trust in our federal institutions is alarmingly low, Mr Dreyfus QC MP delivered his insights into how the principles of a federal anti-corruption commission may help to again restore confidence in politics and our public sector.

The Alfred Deakin Institute Oration is an annual Oration delivered by a public intellectual on a topic related to the cutting-edge research about citizenship, diversity, inclusion and globalisation that is undertaken at the Institute.