Greens call for another whistleblower review

Dr AJ Brown (Griffith Uni) released the Whistling While You Work report this (last?) year. Concerns about the treatment of whistle blowing is addressed in the report. The main problem is what actually constitutes whistle blowing. Every jurisdiction has a different definition and some people ‘think’ they are ‘blowing the whistle’ when they really are airing grievances.

housebound said :

Talk about missing the point. The Ombudsman’s report into complaint handling was more about how the ACTPS treats complaints from the public, wiht people having to resort to FOI or a complaint to the Ombudsman just to get a reply to a letter.

Um … nope. But nice to see you turned up long enough to run around posting as many anti-Green points as you could make up.

The Ombudesman’s report explicitly linked poor complaint handling on a culture of opacity and lack of accountability mechanisms in departments. These issues are are covered by … (wait for it) … Whistleblower laws!

Thanks for playing though. You don’t go away empty-handed, because each contestant leaves us with a ‘If the Greens have their way, we’ll all starve in the dark!’ tie-pin.

Talk about missing the point. The Ombudsman’s report into complaint handling was more about how the ACTPS treats complaints from the public, wiht people having to resort to FOI or a complaint to the Ombudsman just to get a reply to a letter.