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Australia: Land of the persecuted whistleblower
In Australia, whistleblowers are feebly protected.
They tend to muddy the narrative of perfect institutions, spoil the fun of having illusions, and give the game away.
- Binoy Kampmark
- Pearls and Irritations
Despite recent amendments to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth) regarding, for instance, the creation of a National Anti-Corruption Commission, public sector employees remain vulnerable to prosecution.
The NACC, for one, already risks being hobbled by secrecy restrictions imposed by the Albanese government.
At his October 23 National Club Press address in Canberra, Peter Greste was not optimistic about the chances of true, substantive reform that would protect those civil servants “sitting on something that,,,