It takes a certain kind of inner strength to be a whistleblower.
Courage and determination are obvious traits that whistleblowers share, but blowing the lid on alleged misconduct in the nation's biggest companies and organisations requires a willingness to risk everything.
A whistleblower can risk losing their job, their relationships, and potentially their sanity — if they want to expose wrongdoing.
Several whistleblowers I have spoken to over the years often say that reality is what makes it hard to be a whistleblower in Australia and deters more people from coming forward.
Australia's laws just don't protect them.
The government is now reviewing those laws. The current KPMG audit leaks scandal is a reminder of just how important that review is.
In March, Labor senator Deborah O'Neill shared with parliament a whistleblower's allegations that confidential board papers from Lendlease were used to support bids for major audit tenders for Westpac and Dexus.
And earlier this month, the firm's current and former partners were hauled before a federal inquiry probing why the firm allegedly shared client information and ignored the whistleblower's allegations when they first surfaced.
Now, ahead of the regulator appearing before the inquiry today, ABC News has obtained the key email that was sent by the audit leaks whistleblower to the...
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