Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012

If a head of a public sector entity believes on reasonable grounds that disclosable conduct has occurred, is likely to have occurred or is likely to occur, the entity must take action necessary and reasonable to—

prevent the disclosable conduct continuing or occurring in the future; and

if an investigation of a public interest disclosure in relation to the disclosable conduct has been completed—discipline any person responsible for the disclosable conduct.

Disclosable conduct includes taking detrimental action (see s 8 and s 40).

The head of the public sector entity must—

tell the integrity commissioner about any action taken or proposed to be taken; and

tell the discloser for the public interest disclosure about any action taken or proposed to be taken unless—

the discloser disclosed the conduct anonymously; or

the discloser has asked, in writing, not to be kept informed about the public interest disclosure.

Certain information need not be given to the discloser for a public interest disclosure (see s 26).

A discloser for a public interest disclosure may disclose the conduct to the Legislative Assembly or a journalist in certain circumstances (see s 27A).