Australia

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced reform will start within days, with some “priority amendments” to the whistleblowing law for federal public servants, even as the long-awaited anti-corruption body is debated and finalised.

Source: AAP / LUKAS COCH

• The importance of whistleblowing has been reinforced by parliamentary debate over Australia’s new National Anti-Corruption Commission.
• In theory, there’s a strong consensus in favour of protections for “public interest whistleblowers”.

Recent developments in Australian whistleblowing cases have shown how critical it is to get our whistleblower protection laws back up to world standards.

Fortunately, there are signs the new government will press ahead with reforms — but what’s involved in truly getting these right?

The importance of whistleblowing has been reinforced by parliamentary debate over Australia’s new National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which resumed this week.

On 10 November, the Joint Select Committee reviewing the government’s bill expressed unanimous support for “wider-ranging whistleblower protection reforms” to follow, including “specific” consideration of an independent whistleblower protection commission.

Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced reform will start within days, with some “priority amendments” to the whistleblowing law for federal public servants, even as the long-awaited anti-corruption body is debated and finalised.

He has also flagged there will be more...

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