Government waits until after election to change whistleblower laws, support for protection high Federal A majority of Australians want more legal protections for public servants to act as whistleblowers, new research shows, as the federal government signals its preparing
NSW whistleblower laws ‘need improvement’, state ombud says December 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The New South Wales Ombudsman has called on the state government to finalise its proposed whistleblowing reforms so the public sector can build a culture
ATO investigation into whistleblower’s claims ‘superficial’, according to report June 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Australian Taxation Office’s investigation into the public interest disclosure made by its former staffer Richard Boyle was “superficial”, the Senate has heard. It follows
New whistleblower laws protect public servants who go to press, but T&Cs apply January 31, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Reforms to Victoria’s whistleblower legislation which grant public servants more protection and flexibility when making public interest disclosures have come into effect. The changes support
Record-breaking number of public interest disclosures made by NSW Public Service December 19, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales A record number of reports of corruption have been made by the New South Wales Public Service this year, with several government entities receiving praise
New whistleblower laws for SA gov employees July 1, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News New laws will protect South Australian public servants who disclose allegations of public sector maladministration, corruption or misconduct, according to Attorney-General Vickie Chapman. The changes
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
Would cash lure out more government whistleblowers? January 14, 2016 By Stephen Easton Career Advice It’s a sad fact that whistleblowers almost always bear a high personal cost for exposing illegal and unethical behaviour because in doing so, they put people
Whistleblower protections: what you need to know December 15, 2014 By John Wilson Features To little fanfare, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth) took effect in January. It provides, for the first time, stand-alone federal protections for public
Misconduct investigations: to disclose or not to disclose? October 13, 2014 By John Wilson Features It might not be poetically Shakespearean, but the question of whether to disclose the outcome of Commonwealth public sector misconduct investigations is nevertheless a vexing one for