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Whistleblowers should be protected from any form of retaliation or harm.
It is hard to overstate the impact this case is likely to have on future whistleblowing in Australia.
Whistleblowers play a crucial role in upholding accountability and integrity within our society. We do not, however, make it easy for them.
In this podcast, The Greens Senator joins us today to talk about consultancy reform, whistleblower protection, and other issues
David McBride helped bring about a reckoning with the Australian Defence Force, but came at a legal cost. Will it stop others coming forward?
Compliance officers, professionals that handle whistleblowing reports, often find themselves caught between two parties with divergent interests — whistleblowers and company management.
Recent developments in Australian whistleblowing cases have shown how critical it is to reform our laws - which are far from world standard.
Australia’s press freedom problems have been acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments. However, we’re yet to see any actual law reform to support public interest journalism.
Contrary to popular belief, boards of directors are not the ones who establish whistleblowing procedures. Instead, boards depend on their management teams to implement them.
Canada’s whistleblowing laws aren’t working, and governments don’t seem to care. This puts all of us at risk.
The prosecution was a scandal and should never have been commenced. It was a direct assault upon freedom of political communication, and it intimidated whistleblowers.
An integrative cybersecurity and data protection program will help firms adjust their management protocols and be better prepared for future cybersecurity trends.
The Coalition has made promises on whistleblower protection and must soon reveal its plan for a federal integrity commission. Now is the time for both parties to prove they can take real action.
The good news is New Zealand’s whistleblower protection laws will be stronger. The bad news is they might still not be strong enough.
When a person or agency backed by the power and resources of the government tells a lie, it sometimes causes harm that only the government can inflict.
In many instances, whistleblowers find the abusive power they have revealed turned against them, both ending their careers and harming their personal lives.
There’s no First Amendment in the workplace, which leaves worker activists at the whim of their employers.
Australian laws now give private-sector whistleblowers greater protection than their public-sector counterparts.
Workers are increasingly not keeping their employers’ secrets secret, as evidenced by the mass whistleblower event that is the #MeToo movement.
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professor in Accounting (forensic accounting), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Galway
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Lecturer: Law, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Forensic Accouning, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick
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Rothgerber Chair in Constitutional Law, University of Colorado Boulder
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London