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Whistleblower protections hang in the balance
This week, backbencher Andrew Hastie is chairing a powerful parliamentary committee that is looking into laws that criminalise whistleblowing and journalism.
It’s ironic, because his opinion piece for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald last week is a perfect example of what is wrong with these laws.
- Alice Drury
- The Sydney Morning Herald
It is entirely likely the article, which was strongly rebuked by China as being “detrimental” to Australian-Chinese relations, could have constituted espionage.
Were he not a politician and therefore probably protected by a defence for people acting in their capacity as a…