Julian Assange has reached a deal with the United States Justice Department to allow him to return to Australia after pleading guilty to violating American espionage law.
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Whistleblowers play a crucial role in upholding accountability and integrity within our society. We do not, however, make it easy for them.
A whistleblower authority is needed who will finally ensure these protections work fully, in practice, to best serve the public interest.
Sparked by the PwC scandal, the measures will expand tax promoter penalty laws to make it easier for the Australian Taxation Office to apply them to advisers and firms who promote tax avoidance.
A former national security staffer, now a scholar of secrecy law, says criticisms of Trump’s federal indictment for hoarding classified documents are unfounded.
Spy cases are rare. More typically, as in the Trump indictment, the act applies to the unauthorized gathering, possessing or transmitting of certain sensitive government information.
A former intelligence official claims the US government has retrieved multiple craft of non-human origin, along with the occupants’ bodies.
The Vietnam War whistleblower, who died on June 16, 2023, wrestled with his decision to leak thousands of pages of government documents.
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.
Compliance officers, professionals that handle whistleblowing reports, often find themselves caught between two parties with divergent interests — whistleblowers and company management.
South Africa’s laws designed to protect whistleblowers need urgent reform.
South Africans are actively challenging the criminalisation of the state. Many of the revelations about fraud, corruption and nepotism come from principled whistle-blowers within the state.
Contrary to popular belief, boards of directors are not the ones who establish whistleblowing procedures. Instead, boards depend on their management teams to implement them.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus chats with Michelle Grattan about the National Anti-Corruption Commission, who will head it, and protections for whistleblowers.
Canada’s whistleblowing laws aren’t working, and governments don’t seem to care. This puts all of us at risk.
Two national security law experts explain how the Espionage Act isn’t only about international intrigue, and share other important points about the law that was invoked in a search of Trump’s estate.
The prosecution was a scandal and should never have been commenced. It was a direct assault upon freedom of political communication, and it intimidated whistleblowers.
An integrative cybersecurity and data protection program will help firms adjust their management protocols and be better prepared for future cybersecurity trends.
South Africa should start offering whistleblowers monetary compensation in cases where they help identify tax evaders.
Australia has plummeted in Transparency International’s corruption perception index over the past decade. It’s time our leaders commit to real reform.
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor in Accounting (forensic accounting), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Reader in Journalism, City, University of London
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Professor of Business Ethics, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Galway
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
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Associate Lecturer, ANU College of Law – Migration Law Program, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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