Whistleblowers’ stories show how accountability is shifting from formal legal institutions to solidarity networks built outside the state.
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A decade of studying whistleblowers reveals the indispensable role played by supporters.
The latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index shows Australia has reversed its decade-long slide, ranking back in the top 10 least corrupt countries.
The government has a record of promising improvements in transparency, but falling short in terms of passing legislation.
Whistleblowers should be protected from any form of retaliation or harm.
Julian Assange may be heading for home and freedom, but how high a price has he had to pay for releasing government secrets? And what message has his punishment sent?
The Wikileaks founder will return to Australia after years behind bars and in exile. What happens now?
The WikiLeaks founder has been granted leave to appeal the order to extradite him to the US. What happens now?
Efforts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK to the US have gone on for years. Here’s what’s been going on and what might happen in court this time.
If doxing is the malicious release of someone’s personal information without their consent, publicising politically charged discussions in a private chat group may not qualify.
Today, the government released a review into Australia’s patchwork of a secrecy law system. The proposed changes are a step in the right direction, but there’s so much more work to do.
Whistleblowers should be entitled to financial support. But that has potential costs as well as benefits.
Regulating NHS managers would ensure they’re held to account for their decisions and actions.
Given South Africa’s staggering corruption levels, a strong legal framework is needed to encourage and protect whistleblowers.
The Vietnam War whistleblower, who died on June 16, 2023, wrestled with his decision to leak thousands of pages of government documents.
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.
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.
The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to give Senegalese a significant and competitive election, leaving voters in the driver’s seat.
Canada’s whistleblowing laws aren’t working, and governments don’t seem to care. This puts all of us at risk.
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor in Accounting (forensic accounting), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Galway
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Adjunct Professor in Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University
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Research Fellow, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University
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University Dean of Research, Innovation and Enterprise and Professor of Organizational Analysis, Cardiff University
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Lecturer: Law, CQUniversity Australia