Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe following is a simplified outline of this Division:
An individual is not subject to any civil, criminal or administrative liability for making a public interest disclosure or providing assistance in relation to a public interest disclosure.
It is an offence to take a reprisal against a person because of a public interest disclosure (including a proposed or a suspected public interest disclosure).
The Federal Court or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) may make orders for civil remedies (including compensation, injunctions and reinstatement of employment) if a reprisal is taken against a person because of a public interest disclosure (including a proposed or a suspected public interest disclosure).
It is an offence to disclose the identity of an individual who makes a public interest disclosure.
Note 1: Division 2 sets out the kinds of public interest disclosures.
Note 2: The principal officer and the authorised officers of an agency have a duty to protect a person who is, or has been, a public official belonging to the agency from reprisals relating to a public interest disclosure (see subsections 59(9) and 60(2)).