Whistleblowers/ Australian Federal Police

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Whistleblower Protection

This page contains useful information in relation to public interest disclosures,  whistleblower protection and related matters.

Corporate Governance: Whistleblower Protection Program for Entities (AS 8004-2003). Standards Australia.

This Australian Standard provides essential elements for establishing, implementing and managing an effective whistleblower scheme within an entity and provides guidance when using these elements.

• Corporate Governance: Whistleblower Protection Program for Entities (AS 8004-2003) [PDF 410KB]. (Extract only). Hosted with permission from SAI Global under Licence 1008-C150. The full standard is available for purchase online at the SAI Global Infostore website.

Community Intelligence – Collecting and Processing Tip-offs: Australian Taxation Office. Performance Audit. Australian National Audit Office. 2010.

The audit assesses the effectiveness of the management of community intelligence by the Australian Tax Office.

• Community Intelligence – Collecting and Processing Tip-offs: Australian Taxation Office [PDF 1.62MB]

Whistleblower Protection: a comprehensive scheme for the Commonwealth public sector. Report of the inquiry into whistleblowing protection within the Australian Government public sector. House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. 2009.   

The report of the inquiry into whistleblowing protection within the Australian Government public sector, presenting a preferred model for legislation to protect public interest disclosures (whistleblowing) within the Australian Government public sector.

• Whistleblower Protection: a comprehensive scheme for the Commonwealth public sector [PDF 2.23MB] 

Centrelink’s Tip-off System. Performance Audit. Australian National Audit Office. 2008. 

The audit examines the efficiency and effectiveness of the administration of the tip off system,including Centrelink’s management of privacy issues related to the tip off management process.

• Centrelink’s Tip-off System [PDF 954KB] 

Whistleblowing in Australian Public Sector: Enhancing the theory and practice of internal witness management in public sector organisation. ANU E Press. 2008.

This book presents results from a program of empirical and comparative legal research into public interest whistleblowing in Australian public sector agencies undertaken in 2005-08.

• See the Australian National University website to view the book.