If these brave people are punished for doing the right thing, it will cloud the Albanese government’s legacy
‘It is deeply frustrating that even after acknowledging our whistleblower laws are flawed and difficult to navigate, the attorney general Mark Dreyfus is allowing these prosecutions to proceed.’‘It is deeply frustrating that even after acknowledging our whistleblower laws are flawed and difficult to navigate, the attorney general Mark Dreyfus is allowing these prosecutions to proceed.
These cases commenced under the Coalition government – the same government that oversaw raids on journalists , enacted draconian secrecy laws and failed to act on recommended reform to whistleblowing laws. But the prosecutions continue under the new Labor government.grew concerned about unethical debt recovery practices targeting small business owners. He spoke up internally and to the tax ombudsman, but his concerns went unheeded. As a last resort, Boyle went to the media.
His whistleblowing has since been vindicated by three separate independent inquiries, resulting in changes to the Australian Taxation Office’s debt recovery practices., a defence lawyer who served in Afghanistan, followed a similar path. Concerned about serious misconduct by Australian forces, McBride blew the whistle internally, then to police, and eventually to the ABC. Subsequently, the
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