According to the new transparency measures implemented by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, ministers 'shareholding and employment after leaving office will be restricted.
Kevin Rudd released his ministerial code of conduct today after his first cabinet meeting in Brisbane.
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A monthly ban on departing ministers to conduct business dealings with members of Congress, civil servants or defense personnel on any issues they have dealt with in their official capacity for the past 18 months.
The outgoing ministers, while not under the law, must commit themselves not to take advantage of their previous positions as ministers.
Ministers will be banned from holding shares unless they publicly hold pension funds
A trust fund that has no impact on investment decisions by a listed fund or minister.
Any minister who violates the rules may lose his job.
According to the code of conduct of former Prime Minister John Howard, ministers only need to sell shares of companies belonging to their portfolio responsibility.
The failure to properly announce the shareholding has cost the year-old San Santoro in his work this year.
Kevin Rudd, a strong critic of the minister's standards during Howard's administration, said the new measures were aimed at improving accountability and transparency.
"The Australian people have the right to expect the highest standards of conduct of their elected delegates, especially the minister," he said in the preface to the code . ".
New regulations will also limit influence.
Sold by political lobby groups.
Before seeking a meeting with the minister or parliamentary secretary, lobbyists will be forced to disclose their details on the online public register kept by the Prime Minister and Cabinet department.
The request, already in countries like Canada, is a win for Australian Democratic Senator Andrew Murray and Green Party leader Bob Brown, who have been pushing for change for a while.
The list of lobbyists is updated every six months.
The House and the kiribili Palace, the two official Prime Minister's official residence, will also be banned from election fund-raising activities.
Opposition health spokesman Joe Hockey said the state government's record of accountability was poor because they spent millions of taxpayers' money on advertising against federal government initiatives.
"Mr Rudd said there will be greater ministerial accountability than the previous government, there will be independent audits and independent assessments of the value of advertising activities," Mr Hockey told ABC radio.
"We will have Mr Rudd comply with every policy he has put in place.
Today's ministerial meeting also marks the beginning of the Labor Party's "Education Revolution", with the Cabinet approving Kevin Rudd's $1 billion fund to allow students between the ages of 9 and 12 to use their own computers.
From then on, Lieutenant General Gao has applied for a maximum of $1 million for computers, digital projectors, interactive whiteboards and other devices.
"The fund will connect Australian students, teachers and schools with the global digital economy to help prepare them for the future," Mr Rudd said . ".
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In schools, there will be real and sustainable changes in the way classroom teaching is conducted throughout Australia.
"He said that the government will audit the school's computer resources and broadband access, and work with the school department to launch educational technology programs that make the schools that are most needed a top priority.