Ombudsman Act 1973

Any provision of another enactment or any rule of law that—

prohibits the disclosure of information or production of a document or other thing by a person in the service of the Crown, an authority or a public interest disclosure entity; or

imposes an obligation to maintain secrecy on a person in the service of the Crown, an authority or a public interest disclosure entity; or

imposes a duty of confidentiality in relation to the disclosure of information or production of a document or other thing—

The Crown is not entitled to assert any privilege in relation to a requirement to produce a document or other thing or to give information in relation to an investigation under this Act or a witness summons.

Any privilege referred to in subsection (2) is abrogated.

A person is not, in relation to an investigation under this Act or a witness summons, entitled to the privilege provided for in Division 1C of Part 3.10 of the Evidence Act 2008.

Subject to subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4), a person must not be compelled to produce any document or other thing or to give any evidence for the purposes of an investigation under this Act or a witness summons which the person could not be compelled to produce or give in a proceeding before a court.