Fiona McLeod

Fiona McLeod AO SC is a senior counsel practising at the Victorian Bar and the chair of the Accountability Round Table. She is a former President of the Law Council of Australia and Chair of Transparency International Australia. She was a Labor candidate in 2019. Her book Easy Lies and Influence is available from Monash University Publishing. @FiMcLeodSC @AccRoundTable

Fiona's recent articles

Easy Lies & Influence in the $90b submarine boondoggle

No-one knew what the evaluation process involved, but it was clear the decision was political, not driven by the obligation of government to spend public funds for the best product and the best price.

Easy lies and influence: the familiar face of corruption in Australia

We are currently witnessing widespread loss of trust in government. Not just in the rapid slide in the popularity of the federal government and the personal standing of the Prime Minister, but the growing mistrust of initiatives and policies designed to manage the crises confronting us and those that are imminent.

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