Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

to promote the integrity and accountability of the Commonwealth public sector; and

to encourage and facilitate the making of public interest disclosures by public officials and former public officials; and

to ensure that public officials, and former public officials, who make public interest disclosures are supported and are protected from adverse consequences relating to the disclosures; and

to ensure that disclosures by public officials, and former public officials, are properly investigated and dealt with.