The Protected Disclosures Act came into force in February 2001. It encourages people to raise concerns about improprieties in the workplace and will help ensure that organisations respond by
- addressing the message rather than the messenger; and
- resisting the temptation to cover up serious malpractice or “improprieties”.
Through protecting whistleblowers from being subjected to an occupational detriment in the following circumstances, the Act promotes the public interest.
Schools provide an environment where these issues can be explored, tested and practised in a meaningful way. They are also a spring board into broader society and thus have the potential to multiply the impact of the lessons learned by young people taking them home with them and into their broader communities, youth groupsand sports clubs.
