Human Rights Law Centre says there has ‘not been a single successful case … brought by a whistleblower” under federal laws designed to protect those who speak out
“Such a body would oversee agencies as they investigate wrongdoing alleged by whistleblowers, investigate allegations of reprisals or other detrimental treatment of whistleblowers, take enforcement action in cases of suspected breaches of whistleblowing law, manage alternative dispute resolution for whistleblower complaints, and intervene in important whistleblower cases,” the report said.
The HRLC also wants a dedicated whistleblowing office that sits within federal parliament, which would train MPs and senators in dealing with whistleblowers. Such a body already exists in the United States. Independent senator David Pocock, who had to use parliamentary privilege to make public a Santos whistleblower’s complaint about dolphin kills earlier this year, said the report was damning.
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