Professor Michael Stuckey is a legal academic and governance practitioner with senior leadership experience in Australian higher education and public law. His work focuses on institutional design, administrative justice and integrity frameworks, with particular interest in how statutory powers operate in practice and how oversight settings can strengthen public confidence. He has held senior academic and governance roles, and has published and spoken on questions of law, regulatory design and public administration.

Secrecy needs a clock: integrity agencies and the problem of indefinite silence
26 February 2026

Integrity agencies need confidentiality powers, but those powers should be subject to time limits, review mechanisms and transparency standards.
Michael Stuckey

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Secrecy needs a clock: integrity agencies and the problem of indefinite silence

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