New polling conducted for The Australia Institute reveals 9 in 10 Australians support stronger legal protections for whistleblowers.

The poll of 1502 people, conducted by YouGov, also found 8 in 10 voters support the creation of a Whistleblower Protection Authority.

The research, supported by the Human Rights Law Centre and Whistleblower Justice Fund, shows support for better whistleblower protections hit a record high level last year and has increased even further in this new poll.

It comes as the CEO of KPMG Australia quits over his mishandling of a whistleblower request, while the federal government continues to drag its feet on releasing a long-awaited second tranche of whistleblower reforms.

Key findings

• The majority of Australians (87%) support or strongly support stronger legal protections for Australian whistleblowers.
  • This is a slight increase on the 86% who supported legal protections for whistleblowers in 2025, a record high at the time.
• Four in five (81%) Australians think that whistleblowers make Australia a better place; only 3% think they make Australia a worse place.
• Most (84%) Australians would support the introduction of a Whistleblower Protection Authority, with only 4% opposed.
  • Support for a Whistleblower Protection Authority includes 91% of Labor voters, 86% of Coalition voters, 85% of Greens voters, 91% of One Nation voters, and 94% of independent voters.
• Over half (63%) of Australians would support laws that reward whistleblowers in Australia...

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