Legislation and guidelines
Commonwealth
- Public Service Act 1999 (see Section 16) (PDF 310K)
- Corporations Act 2001 (see Part 9.4AAA) (PDF 163K)
Queensland
New South Wales
South Australia
Tasmania
Western Australia
Victoria
Australian Capital Territory
Public Sector Agencies
Commonwealth Ombudsman
- Freedom of Information and Whistleblower Legislation: An Australian Perspective
- The Commonwealth Ombudsman 2004-05 Annual Report:
- Australian Public Service Commission
- Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission
- Queensland Ombudsman
- New South Wales Ombudsman
- Various protected disclosure guidelines
- Fact sheets and information sheets
- Issues Paper:
- New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption
- Western Australia Corruption and Crime Commission
- Western Australia Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner
- Western Australia Ombudsman
- Victoria Ombudsman
- Northern Territory Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment
- Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister's Department
Other agencies
Other organisations
Australia
- Whistleblowers Australia
- Whistleblowers Australia is a national organisation whose members are whistleblowers and their supporters. It encourages self-help and mutual help among whistleblowers and supports campaigns on specific issues such as free speech for employees and whistleblower legislation. It does not undertake formal advocacy on behalf of individuals. Whistleblowers Australia has branches or contacts in all states.
United States
- Government Accountability Project
- Government Accountability Project provides advocacy and legal assistance to whistleblowers. With a 16-person staff, it can provide advice and referrals. However, direct legal representation by Government Accountability Project attorneys is only possible in a fraction of cases. GAP has developed special expertise in dealing with whistleblower rights, nuclear weapons facility clean-ups, food safety, laws on environmental protection, and national security abuses. Contact Government Accountability Project: gap1@erols.com
- Project on Government Oversight
- Project on Government Oversight is a nonprofit organisation that investigates government waste, fraud and abuse, including working with whistleblowers inside the system. Contact project on government oversight: pogo@pogo.org
- Center for Government Accountability
- The Center for Government Accountability is a grassroots whistleblower and Government dissident network and support organization. It is particularly involved with Department of Energy and American Indian issues currently.
United Kingdom
- Public Concern at Work
- Public Concern at Work is a legal advice centre providing free advice to workers who are unsure whether or how to blow the whistle. It also advises on the scope and application of the UK 's Public Interest Disclosure Act.
- Freedom to Care
- Freedom to Care is a national organisation founded by whistleblowers and run by them and their supporters. It "promotes the right and duty of employees to raise workplace concerns in the public interest and the right of all citizens to open, honest and accountable treatment from large organisations, public or private.
Canada
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Contact the association: ccl@ilap.com
New Zealand
- Auckland Council for Civil Liberties
- Address: PO Box 6582, Wellesley Street , Auckland
- Phone: (09) 376 9670
South Africa
- Freedom of Expression Institute
- Address: PO Box 30668 , Braamfontein 2017 Phone: phone 011 403 8403/4 Fax: 011 403 8309
- Contact Freedom of Expression Insitute: fxi@wn.apc.org