The 5th National Whistleblowing Symposium advances the case for reform. Together with government, the private sector, academia, civil society and the media, the symposium will provide a forum for expert dialogue, evidence-based debate, and strategic engagement with the reform process.
Whistleblowers
This document highlights the key integrity reforms our federal parliament must enact if we are to build a more democratic Australia.
Transparency International Australia (TI Australia) and the Human Rights Law Centre welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement of public consultation on stage two reforms to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013, including the proposal to establish a new Whistleblower Ombudsman within the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
Whistleblower protection experts have today released a comprehensive blueprint for establishing a Whistleblower Protection Authority, dedicated to safeguarding individuals who expose misconduct.
These design principles provide a clear roadmap for establishing an independent body that ensures whistleblowers are protected, not punished.
Whistleblowers, transparency advocates and human rights groups have welcomed a push for an independent Whistleblower Protection Authority, with a landmark piece of legislation being introduced to Federal Parliament today.
The planned introduction of a Private Members’ Bill to establish a Whistleblower Protection Authority has been warmly welcomed by Transparency International Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre. The Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill to be announced today by Andrew Wilkie MP, Dr Helen Haines MP, Senator David Pocock and Senator Jacqui Lambie would establish a dedicated, independent agency to safeguard those who speak up from inside government or business about corruption and wrongdoing.
In response to the report handed down yesterday by the Federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Transparency International Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre are calling on the Albanese Government and all parties to commit to implementing the recommendations in full.
Transparency International Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide comments and recommendations to this proposal being the second consultation on modernising Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime.
Civil society groups have expressed grave concern and alarm after military whistleblower David McBride was sentenced to almost six years’ imprisonment in the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday.