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.