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What is a Public Interest Disclosure?
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A Public Interest Disclosure (PID) is a disclosure made under the
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Interest Disclosure Act 2013 by a current or former public official about
suspected wrongdoing in the Commonwealth. The emphasis is on
disclosures being made and investigated within government. It is not
intended to replace existing processes for dealing with workplace
grievances and misconduct, such as bullying and harassment.
What can be disclosed?
A public official can disclose information that they believe is 'disclosable
conduct' committed by an agency or a public official. This includes:
• A breach of law
• perverting the course of justice
• corruption
• maladministration
• abuse of public trust or position
• wastage of public monies
• endangering health and safety or the environment
• grounds for disciplinary action.
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How is a discloser protected?
The identity of a discloser will be kept confidential as far as practicable. It
is an offence to provide identifying information about a discloser without
their consent unless authorised by the PID Act. They also have immunity
from civil, criminal and administrative liability for making the disclosure. It
is a criminal offence to take or threaten to take a reprisal, such as
discriminatory treatment, termination of employment or injury, against
someone because they make a disclosure.
How do I make a disclosure?
A disclosure can be made to your supervisor or to an Authorised Officer.
Supervisors who receive a PID must pass the information onto an
Authorised Officer as soon as practicable. They should provide additional
information about the PID process to the discloser and seek their consent
for their contact details to be given to the Authorised Officer. They must
not discuss the report with anyone other than the discloser and an
Authorised Officer.
Authorised Officers can be contacted via:
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Phone (in Australia): 1800 427 743
Phone (Overseas): +612 6275 6896
For more information, visit the Public Interest Disclosure intranet page.
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Public interest disclosures
On this page:
• What is a public interest disclosure?
• How do you know what kind of conduct should be disclosed?
• Are you protected if you choose to make a public interest disclosure?
• What do you do if you receive a public interest disclosure?
• How do you make a public interest disclosure?
What is a public interest disclosure?
A public interest disclosure occurs when public officials raise suspected
wrongdoing within the Commonwealth public sector which negatively
impacts the interests of the Australian public.
How do you know what kind of conduct should be
disclosed?
The
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 sets out what constitutes wrongful
conduct and includes a list of disclosable conduct. You should familiarise
yourself with the behaviours and activities on this list.
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Are you protected if you choose to make a public
interest disclosure?
The
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 provides protection to any person
who makes a public interest disclosure (a PID discloser). A PID discloser
will be protected by civil, criminal and administrative immunity and will be
granted immunity from disciplinary action for making the disclosure.
It is a criminal offence to:
• revealing the identity of a PID discloser
• reveal information which could identify them
• threaten or take any reprisal action against them.
and could result in imprisonment.
What do you do if you receive a public interest
disclosure?
Supervisors who receive a PID from a PID discloser must pass the
information onto xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx as soon as practicable.
They should provide additional information about the PID process to the
individual and seek their consent for their contact details to be given to
the Authorised Officer.
They must not discuss the report with anyone
other than the PID discloser and an Authorised Officer.
How do you make a public interest disclosure?
Report any wrong doing which could be considered disclosable conduct:
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Phone: 1800 427 743 (within Australia) or +612 6275 6896 (outside
Australia).
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