Attorney-general open to reforming 'obtuse' federal whistleblower protection law Federal Attorney-general Christian Porter is reportedly open to reforming federal whistleblower-protection legislation to sharpen up the blurry line between legitimate and unauthorised disclosures of information from
Whistleblower Protection Authority needed to fix system, says committee September 15, 2017 By David Donaldson News Australia’s whistleblower protections are “largely theoretical with little practical effect in either the public or private sectors”, a parliamentary committee has found. Prime Minister Malcolm
We're on our way to making whistleblower protections more than theoretical September 15, 2017 By A J Brown Features Whistleblowers are important for maintaining the integrity of government, business and not-for-profit organisations. This is finally being recognised in a report by an important federal
PM&C deputy: Commonwealth whistleblower system works just fine March 20, 2017 By Stephen Easton News The Commonwealth’s relatively new Public Interest Disclosure scheme is working quite well, at least in the experience of Steven Kennedy, a deputy secretary at the
What the cross-bench whistleblower deal means for the public sector November 23, 2016 By Stephen Easton News This week’s late-night legislation session not only created a new union regulator, the Registered Organisations Commission, it also comes with a landmark government agreement to
Whistleblowers survey: 'major defect' in approach to compensation November 9, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features Behind the obvious fact that whistleblowing frameworks are far more advanced in the public sector than in private enterprises and charitable organisations, new survey data
Whistleblower law gone to the dogs, change afoot to narrow scope April 8, 2016 By Stephen Easton Career Advice Philip Moss is likely to recommend the scope of the Public Interest Disclosure Act be narrowed to exclude less serious matters, when he completes a