‘Win for transparency’:ACT court rules in favour of Bernard Collaery’s challenge to secrecy order

‘Win for transparency’:ACT court rules in favour of Bernard Collaery’s challenge to secrecy order

The ACT Court of Appeal found there was a very real risk of damage to public confidence in the administration of justice if the evidence could not be publicly disclosed.

  • byAnthony Galloway

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‘I was really breaking under it’:Whistleblower portraits win $15,000 prize

‘I was really breaking under it’:Whistleblower portraits win $15,000 prize

Tehran-born Melbourne-based artist Hoda Afshar has won the 2021 Ramsay Art Award’s people’s choice award.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Former Australian spy Witness K spared jail

Former Australian spy Witness K spared jail

A former spy has been handed a three-month suspended sentence for conspiring to reveal classified information about an alleged Australian operation to bug East Timor’s cabinet rooms.

  • byDavid Estcourt andAnthony Galloway
‘Alienation,anxiety and post-traumatic stress’:Witness K lawyer argues for no criminal conviction

‘Alienation,anxiety and post-traumatic stress’:Witness K lawyer argues for no criminal conviction

The former spy has pleaded guilty to conspiring to reveal classified information,paving the way for him to be sentenced within weeks.

  • byAnthony Galloway
‘Very disturbing’:Gambling whistleblower ordered to pay legal costs of gaming lobby

‘Very disturbing’:Gambling whistleblower ordered to pay legal costs of gaming lobby

A whistleblower who exposed lax anti-money laundering compliance in NSW poker machines faces a legal bill worth hundreds of thousands of dollars after losing a court fight to keep his communications with Independent MP Andrew Wilkie confidential.

  • byDavid Estcourt
‘Deeply concerning’:Summary of Witness J case could have been published three years ago

‘Deeply concerning’:Summary of Witness J case could have been published three years ago

Australia’s national security watchdog says there is no reason why some details about the secret prosecution of a former Australian spy could not have been published years ago.

  • byAnthony Galloway
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Australia takes China to task for secret trials,but one could be happening here right now
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Australia takes China to task for secret trials,but one could be happening here right now

Secret trials are the hallmark of authoritarian regimes yet Witness J was tried in complete secrecy in Canberra.

  • byKieran Pender
Westpac accused of sacking senior executive over whistleblower complaints to CEO

Westpac accused of sacking senior executive over whistleblower complaints to CEO

Westpac chief executive Peter King urged a senior risk executive who raised compliance breaches to seek whistleblower protections just months before she was dismissed from the bank,according to a legal complaint.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Bernard Collaery’s appeal hearing to challenge secret trial closed to the public

Bernard Collaery’s appeal hearing to challenge secret trial closed to the public

Bernard Collaery is appealing a ruling to hold his trial in secret,but on Monday his lawyer didn’t challenge the appeal being held in secret.

  • byAnthony Galloway
‘Entirely undemocratic’:Bernard Collaery to challenge secrecy orders

‘Entirely undemocratic’:Bernard Collaery to challenge secrecy orders

Bernard Collaery,who allegedly helped a client reveal Australia bugged East Timor’s cabinet,will challenge a court order requiring large parts of his trial to be held in secret.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Corporate whistleblower policies falling short:ASIC

Corporate whistleblower policies falling short:ASIC

A review by the corporate watchdog has found many companies failed to adapt to recent laws aimed at protecting staff who blow the whistle.

  • byClancy Yeates