The Coalition has made promises on whistleblower protection and must soon reveal its plan for a federal integrity commission. Now is the time for both parties to prove they can take real action.
Psychologists have identified the characteristics of ‘moral rebels’ who make the tough choice to stand up for their principles in the face of negative consequences.
Whistle-blower: Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun.
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In many instances, whistleblowers find the abusive power they have revealed turned against them, both ending their careers and harming their personal lives.
Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani in late November 2016, after Trump won the presidential election.
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A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.
An impeachment inquiry was launched about President Trump’s dealings with the Ukraine on Tuesday.
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The conflict between Congress and President Trump over his dealings with Ukraine’s president is just the latest version of a long-running struggle for power between the two branches of government.
Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job on Sept. 20 in a climate strike.
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There’s no First Amendment in the workplace, which leaves worker activists at the whim of their employers.
Witness K’s lawyer Bernard Collaery addresses outside the Supreme Court. Australia’s laws have shown they don’t do much to protect whistleblowers acting in the public interest.
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Australian laws make it inevitable for whistleblowers to be charged whenever national security might be involved, even when the information is in the public interest.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton appears to have backed down from his previous hardline position on AFP raids and press freedom.
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While the ministerial direction represents a genuflection in the direction of press freedom, it provides nothing by way of protection for whistleblowers.
The government has approved a parliamentary inquiry into press freedom – a step the major media organisations have dismissed as unnecessary.
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A parliamentary inquiry into press freedom is merely a public relations exercise designed to buy time until the public anger over last month’s police raids dies down.
This week’s police raids have forced us to think again about the role of the media in a democracy.
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After this week’s police raids on media outlets, we need a better way to balance two crucial elements of our democracy - national security and press freedom.
This week’s media raids, including on the ABC, have given Scott Morrison an unwelcome debate about media freedom.
AAP/David Gray
While Scott Morrison and other Liberals have been very concerned about protecting religious freedom, this week’s raids have brought unwelcome questions about media freedom.