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Advisory Report Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013

May 2013

© Commonwealth of Australia 2013

ISBN 978-1-74366-036-2 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-1-74366-037-9 (HTML version)

View the report as a single document - (PDF 487KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:


Preliminary pages	(PDF 102KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 74KB)
Scope of the bills PID Bill Referral of the Bills Previous inquiries Conduct of the inquiries PID Bill Scope of the report

Chapter 2 Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012	(PDF 139KB)
Scope of the Act Making a public interest disclosure Investigations Public interest disclosures to third parties Obligations of agencies Legal protection for disclosures Oversight of public interest disclosures Miscellaneous Members of Parliament Coverage of Members of Parliament and their staff Members of Parliament as recipients for public interest disclosures A separate agency False claims –‘qui tam’ remedies Public Interest Disclosure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

Chapter 3 Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013	(PDF 241KB)
Detail of the Bill Background PID Bill Introduction Protection of disclosers Existing protections False and misleading statements Protection from reprisals Compensation Protection of identity Public interest disclosures Public interest disclosures External disclosures Emergency disclosures Legal practitioner disclosure Disclosable conduct Disagreement with government policies Intelligence agencies Authorised internal recipients Investigations Obligation to investigate Administrative matters Additional obligations and functions Officials and agencies Intelligence information Miscellaneous Standards Appropriate resourcing Parliamentary privilege Other issues

Chapter 4 Committee Comment	(PDF 88KB)

Appendix A—List of submissions	(PDF 36KB)
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012 (the Wilkie Bill) and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012 Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013

Appendix B—List of witnesses	(PDF 51KB)
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012 (the Wilkie Bill) and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

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