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Dominic Giannini

MYSTERIOUS: Ombudsman a promising step to protect whistleblowers - What They Never Told You

Michelle Rowland David Pocock Human Rights Lukas Coch
Whistleblowers can still be prosecuted and jailed in Australia, prompting calls for reform. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

People looking to blow the whistle on wrongdoing but who fear repercussions could get more protection under a watchdog.

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has proposed a whistleblower ombudsman that has oversight of the Public Interest Disclosure Act, under which whistleblowers are supposed to be protected.

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