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It's a new era for Australia's whistleblowers – in the private sector

  • Written by Dennis Gentilin, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University
It's a new era for Australia's whistleblowers – in the private sectorWhistleblowing will always take some type of toll, but it need not be career suicide.www.shutterstock.com

As strange as it might sound, whistleblowers in Australia have reason to rejoice – so long as they are in the private sector.

Thanks to new laws that came into effect this month, private-sector whistleblowers have a range of new...

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