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Get Involved
We are looking for local donors interested in driving systemic change in the extraction of natural resources. If your organisation is interested in getting involved and supporting our work, please get in touch.
Publish What You Pay Australia is part of a global movement of 50 national coalitions made up of over 700 organisations united in calling for transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sectors. In Australia, we are made up of 30 anti-corruption, human rights, trade union, environmental, faith-based, economists and transparency organisations.
By joining Publish What You Pay, you will be part of a national coalition and global network of organisations focusing on transparency of the extractive sector. You can collaborate with organisations from around the world on research, campaigns and fundraising to ensure better governance of our natural resources and a fair and just energy transition.
National Director
Clancy Moore
Clancy lives on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Working with communities in the Pacific, Myanmar, Brazil and Australia, he has helped win campaigns on natural resource governance, climate change, and women’s rights. He has held leaderships roles with Oxfam, ActionAid Myanmar and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. He lectures at several Australian universities on advocacy and international development and appears regularly in the media. He is the father of two boys, surfs a long board and plays guitar. He has been the National Director of Publish What You Pay Australia since October 2019.
Our Coalition Members
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee provides oversight, governance and supports fundraising for Publish What You Pay Australia. Meeting every two months, the Steering Committee is governed by a terms of reference and comprises coalition members and partners.
Steering Committee Members
Our current members include:
Kat Tu, ActionAid Australia
Kat is the Head of Policy and Campaigns at ActionAid Australia, a global women’s rights organisation, supporting women living in poverty and exclusion around the world. She has ten years experience working in the progressive campaigns space, with expertise in digital campaigning and fundraising, corporate campaigning, and community organising. Kat holds a combined Bachelor of Arts and Law from the University of Sydney.
Mel Flanagan, Nook Studios
Mel is a local and global advocate for public participation, open process, environmental sustainability, and open government financial transparency initiatives including open contracting, beneficial ownership, and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). She is a creative technologist, information and service designer, and founder of Nook Studios. Nook are pioneers in designing services using mining, production and infrastructure data to improve access to information and community engagement.
Dr. Nicole Bieske, Transparency International Australia
Nicole is currently leading Transparency International’s (TI) global Accountable Mining program. This programme runs across 18 countries and is focused on research, advocacy and influencing governments, industry, civil society and communities to address corruption risks in the mining approvals process. She has participated in global board meetings of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and has held leadership roles with Oxfam, Amnesty International and Women’s Health West.
Sefton Darby, Consultant
Sefton is a Sydney-based consultant who specialises in advising governments, NGOs, indigenous groups and companies on social impacts and risks, community engagement and resource sector governance. He has previously worked for the UK government, the World Bank, mining companies, and as a senior mining sector regulator in New Zealand. He has been involved in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) since it was launched in 2003. He has a Bachelor's degree in Politics from the University of Otago (NZ), and a Master's degree in International Security from the University of St Andrews (Scotland).
Host
ActionAid Australia is the proud host of Publish What You Pay Australia. ActionAid works across 45 countries and represent a global movement of women standing together to claim their human rights and campaign against injustice.
Previous Directors/Coordinators
Publish What You Pay Australia was established in Australia in 2011. Previous reports, research and foundation work for the movement was thanks to our previous coordinators:
Claire Spoors (2011-2015)
Claire is an adviser working on inequality for Oxfam’s UK Advocacy Team. She sits on the board of Publish What You Pay Secretariat.
Jessie Cato (2015-2019)
Jessie is currently working with the Business and Human Rights Resources Centre in Berlin on extractives and the energy transition.
Funding
Publish What You Pay Australia is generously hosted by ActionAid Australia which allows use of their Deductible Gift Recipient status for grants and donations. We are committed to transparency and accountability on our operations. Our generous donors support salary costs, research, advocacy, training for communities, administration and travel. For calendar year 2020: we secured funding from the following sources:
Luminate: $53,921.95
NRGI: $39,215.96
Uniting Church (Vic. & Tas): $ 79,500.00 (left over from 2018/2019)
We are expanding our donor base and are currently looking for new financial supporters. When you support Publish What You Pay, you’re powering strategic research, evidenced based campaigns and professional advocacy to make governments and Australian and multinational companies transparent and accountability in how they do business.
We don’t accept money from oil, gas and mining companies.
In our start up years, funding was provided by our members and the following international philanthropic foundations and non government organisations through sub-grants from the Publish What You Pay Secretariat:
Luminate Group
Luminate is part of the global Omidyar Network philanthropic foundation. Established as a separate entity in 2018, Luminate supports organisations to advocate for extractive industry financial transparency, open contracting and other initiatives to empower people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies.
NRGI
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) works with innovative agents of change within government ministries, civil society, the media, politicians, the private sector, and international institutions to promote accountable and effective governance in the extractive industries.
Open Society Foundation
The Open Society Foundations are active in more than 120 countries around the world. Our national and regional foundations and thematic programs give thousands of grants every year toward building inclusive and vibrant democracies.