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PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 2013 - SECT 25

Simplified outline

    The following is a simplified outline of this Division:

The protections in Division   1 apply to public interest disclosures.

Broadly speaking, a public interest disclosure is a disclosure of information, by a public official, or a former public official, that is:

  a disclosure within the government, to an authorised internal recipient or a supervisor, concerning suspected or probable illegal conduct or other wrongdoing (referred to as "disclosable conduct"); or

  a disclosure to anybody, if an internal disclosure of the information has not been adequately dealt with, and if wider disclosure satisfies public interest requirements; or

  a disclosure to anybody if there is substantial and imminent danger to health or safety; or

  a disclosure to an Australian legal practitioner for purposes connected with the above matters; or

  a NACC disclosure concerning disclosable conduct.

However, there are limitations to take into account the need to protect intelligence information.

Note 1:   Disclosable conduct , authorised internal recipient and intelligence information are defined in Subdivisions B, C and D.

Note 2:   Public official is defined in Subdivision A of Division   3 of Part   4.


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