Inquiry into whistleblowing protections within the Australian Government public sector
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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 9 chapters and 5 appendices.
Preliminary pages (PDF 159KB) Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations
Chapter 1 (PDF 140KB) Introduction
Chapter 2 (PDF 212KB) Principles and definitions
Chapter 3 (PDF 279KB) Categories of people who could make protected disclosures
Chapter 4 (PDF 162KB) The types of disclosures that should be protected
Chapter 5 (PDF 211KB) Conditions that should apply to a person making a disclosure
Chapter 6 (PDF 322KB) Scope of statutory protection
Chapter 7 (PDF 216KB) Procedures in relation to protected disclosures
Chapter 8 (PDF 218KB) Disclosures to third parties
Chapter 9 (PDF 186KB) Other matters raised during the inquiry
Appendix A (PDF 44KB) List of submissions
Appendix B (PDF 67KB) List of witnesses
Appendix C (PDF 57KB) List of exhibits
Appendix D (PDF 91KB) The Fair Work Bill 2008
Appendix E (PDF 73KB) Relationships with existing Commonwealth legislation
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