Legal: Whistleblower policy - Annexure A - Public Interest Disclosure

Submitted by Connie on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 10:51
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To qualify for public interest disclosure protection under the Corporations Act a Whistleblower:

(a) must have made an eligible report to ASIC or APRA;

(b) must confirm that at least 90 days have passed since the report was made;

(c) does not have reasonable grounds to believe that action has been or is being taken to address the matters raised in the report;

(d) reasonably believes further disclosure is in the public interest;

(e) has provided ASIC or APRA (whichever received the initial report) with written notification that identifies the previous report and that they intend to make a public interest disclosure; (f) disclose information that is not greater than necessary to inform the recipient of the misconduct, or improper state of affairs; and

(g) make the disclosure to:

(1) a member of Parliament of the Commonwealth, the Parliament of a State, or the legislature of Territory; or

(2) a journalist.