Kieran Pender
@KieranHRLC
Senior Lawyer (Democratic Freedoms), @HumanRightsHRLC. Personal account: @KieranPender. [email protected].
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http://hrlc.org.au 11-11-2020 02:44:34
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The Human Rights Law Centre is hiring a director of engagement - come work with us! hrlc.org.au/work-or-volunt…
Whistleblowers should be protected, not punished. The $2.4million spent by the Australian Government to prosecute whistleblower David McBride would be far better spent on setting up a whistleblower protection authority. Kieran Pender
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Melbourne friends - this is tomorrow! Join us! Sami Shah Karen Percy Rick Morton and I in conversation on press freedom and whistleblowing eventbrite.com/e/protect-not-…
Brave and important testimony from an industry whistleblower to the Senate price gouging inquiry today, via Guardian Australia theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Whistleblowers must be protected to prevent next PwC tax scandal. The Human Rights Law Centre is appearing before a Parliamentary Inquiry to call for comprehensive whistleblowing law reforms so that whistleblowers are protected, not punished. Kieran Pender
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Looking forward to speaking about press freedom and whistleblower protections at this important PEN Melbourne/Centre for Advancing Journalism event on 17 April, alongside Rick Morton Karen Percy (@withMEAA) and Sami Shah - join us! eventbrite.com/e/protect-not-…
'The breadth & vagueness of the offences in Part 5.6, together with inadequate defences & the flaws in the wider whistleblower protections framework, have a chilling effect on whistleblowing.' My comments to the INSLM via Karen Middleton/Guardian Australia theguardian.com/australia-news…
Important column from former ACCC chair Allan Fels AO in today's The Saturday Paper, on the effectiveness of whistleblower rewards programs thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/…
Media Release: The Allan Govt's proposal to scrap youth bail law changes and shackle children with draconian ankle-bracelet monitoring will expand the walls of youth prisons into children’s homes. This is a betrayal of Victoria's children. Monique Hurley
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It was a privilege to moderate this discussion in Canberra last week on whistleblowing & transparency, with Saffron Zomer, Karen Percy David Shoebridge David Pocock Rex Patrick. We need an end to the prosecutions, law reform + a whistleblowing authority droptheprosecutions.org.au
Our FOI system is a vital transparency tool, but for years it’s been plagued by delays and dysfunction. Together with civil society, we’re calling for reform in an open letter to the Attorney-General.
Read the letter here: rb.gy/5au9c4
#FOI Public Interest Advocacy Centre Isabelle Reinecke