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  • Restoring the Sunshine to the Sunshine State: Priorities for Whistleblowing Law Reform in Queensland

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    Brown, AJ
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    Brown, A J J.
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    It all began with a public-interest whistleblower. Yet within a few years of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, Queensland legislative efforts to encourage and protect whistleblowing - while historic in some respects - had fallen short of the types of measures identified as realistically needed to prevent the case for such an inquiry from arising again. This article examines the role of ?whistleblowing' or ?public-interest disclosure' legislation in modern integrity systems, and the priorities for law reform in Queensland, in light of 20 years of post-Fitzgerald experience as well as recent, comprehensive empirical research ...
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    It all began with a public-interest whistleblower. Yet within a few years of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, Queensland legislative efforts to encourage and protect whistleblowing - while historic in some respects - had fallen short of the types of measures identified as realistically needed to prevent the case for such an inquiry from arising again. This article examines the role of ?whistleblowing' or ?public-interest disclosure' legislation in modern integrity systems, and the priorities for law reform in Queensland, in light of 20 years of post-Fitzgerald experience as well as recent, comprehensive empirical research into the management of whistleblowing in the Australian public sector. While much has been achieved, this experience demonstrates the need to return to first principles in strengthening whistleblowing arrangements, on basic issues such as mechanisms for ensuring organisational justice for public officers who speak up about wrongdoing, and in recognising the role of the media as a whistleblowing avenue of last resort. The article also charts imperatives for further research and legislative reform to ensure best practice in the protection of whistleblowers in the non-government sectors, as well as non-whistleblower complainants and informants, if Queensland and Australian integrity systems are to return to a position of international leadership.
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    Journal Title
    Griffith Law Review
    Volume
    18
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10854660.2009.10854660
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 Griffith Law School. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Constitutional law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40142
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