This Month
How to steal 25,000 secrets from Facebook
The inside story of how a Wall Street Journal reporter secured one of the biggest leaks of corporate documents in history.
- Jeff Horwitz
AACo made manager a whistleblower, then retrenched him a month later
Beef giant AACo maintains the job loss was simply due to a restructure. But a dispute has emerged about the timing.
- Liam Walsh
November 2022
Whistleblower laws to be introduced within next fortnight
New laws to protect whistleblowers will play a crucial role in the National Anti-Corruption Commission but are unlikely to come into force until next year.
- Michael Pelly
Labor urged to scrap cost neutrality in sex harassment legislation
In a letter addressed to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, unions, law firms and academics warn a cost-neutrality provision would make it harder for claimants to access justice.
- Max Mason and Hannah Wootton
Dreyfus faces international pressure over whistleblowers
International advocacy groups have called on Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to end the prosecutions of whistleblowers Richard Boyle and David McBride
- Tom McIlroy
October 2022
Tax Office whistleblower prosecution reaches court
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is being urged to end the prosecution of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle.
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- Tom McIlroy
July 2022
End prosecution of ATO whistleblower, Dreyfus urged
Legal groups and former senator Rex Patrick have renewed calls for Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to stop the prosecution of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle
- Tom McIlroy
Dreyfus orders Bernard Collaery case dropped
He was scheduled to face trial later this year over the leaking of classified information about Australia’s efforts to spy on the government of East Timor.
- Tom McIlroy and Michael Pelly
June 2022
‘Whistleblower’ sues MinRes CEO Chris Ellison
A former senior manager is suing over claims of improper conduct, including alleged instructions to destroy evidence in a legal case.
- David Marin-Guzman
March 2022
Ex-ANZ exec says he was sacked for reporting alleged sexual harassment
A former ANZ employee is claiming he was victimised after blowing the whistle on an alleged incident at a conference in 2013.
- Max Mason and Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why whistleblowers rarely win
Bad conduct in the workplace does not necessarily have negative consequences for the perpetrator. It’s usually the whistleblower who suffers, and more often than not it’s a woman.
- Tony Boyd
November 2021
How I finally exposed a police drug ring
A former police officer reveals how he was silenced for more than 40 years by corrupt courts, corrupt police and a corrupt political system.
- John Shobbrook
October 2021
Deutsche Bank whistleblower paid record $267m for evidence
The payment was made after US regulators were given evidence that benchmark interest rates were being manipulated.
- Matt Robinson and Tom Schoenberg
How Australia’s laws are silencing cyber researchers
Copyright, contract and criminal laws are all being weaponised to silence researchers who find cyber security vulnerabilities.
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- John Davidson
March 2021
ATO whistleblower’s case could be dropped
Richard Boyle was charged after exposing aggressive practices by the Tax Office, but the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is reconsidering the case.
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- Tom McIlroy
January 2021
Whistle-blowing soars to record with Americans working from home
Whistle-blowers have been more active in the United States since the beginning of the pandemic.
- Matt Robinson and Ben Bain
December 2020
Corporate values is one thing, demonstrating how they count is another
Companies may be publishing information about their values and purpose, but they are failing to disclose the practical implications of those policies and the extent to which they are enforced.
- Sally Patten
July 2020
Wire-wearing Novartis whistleblower gets $US109m award
Novartis agreed this month to pay $US678 million to end the suit, which claimed the drugmaker defrauded government programs like Medicare through its bribery of doctors.
- Chris Dolmetsch
June 2020
Whistleblower academic will still advocate for reform in universities
Professor Gerd Schröder-Turk says universities have to review commercial and educational needs
- Robert Bolton
January 2020
ASIC issues warning to big business on whistleblowers
The regulator will survey the whistleblower policies of a sample of companies and super funds this year to review their compliance with new laws.
- Hannah Wootton
