- Introduction
- Who do the whistleblower protection laws apply to?
- What organisations must have a whistleblower policy?
- encourage whistleblowers to come forward with their concerns about misconduct or breaches of the law and protect them when they make a disclosure
- promote good risk management and corporate governance, and
- promote ethical behaviour by organisations and encourage them to deal with disclosures of misconduct seriously
- keeping a whistleblower’s identity and information confidential, unless the organisation has the person’s consent to disclose the whistleblower’s information or the disclosure is permitted by law, and
- preventing the organisation or an officer or employee of the organisation, causing detriment to or victimising a whistleblower
- what is whistleblowing?
- why do we have whistleblower protection laws?
- who is protected as a whistleblower?
- do the whistleblower protection laws apply to your organisation?
- complying with the whistleblower protection laws
- when is a whistleblower policy required?
- the consequences of failing to comply with whistleblower protection laws
- companies registered under the Corporations Act (including unincorporated registrable bodies), and
- corporations which meet the definition of a ‘trading or financial corporation’ under the Australian Constitution (these may include incorporated associations and other structures not otherwise incorporated under the Corporations Act if they are a ‘trading or financial corporation’)
If you are not sure whether your organisation is a trading or financial corporation, refer to ASIC’s guide on this.
