There is no freestanding cause of action for 'fraudulent conduct' — fraud may be an element of other causes of action (such as deceit) but does not itself constitute an independent cause of action. The Protected Disclosures Act 1994 (NSW) does not confer any civil right of action, whether expressly or by implication. In the employment context, the mere existence of an employment relationship does not give rise to a duty to protect an employee from purely economic loss absent a special feature, and a claim for negligent infliction of reputational harm is not maintainable as the remedy lies in defamation.
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