Sweeping secrecy laws are bad for democracy. Here's our chance for reform. Read this op-ed on whistleblowing and secrecy by Kieran Pender and Olivia Roney. canberratimes.com.au/story/8678702/…

NEW REPORT: From voting rights to the eight-hour workday, the right to protest has been fundamental to our democracy. Our new report "Protest in Peril" shows evidence that the right to protest has steadily eroded in Australia over 20 years. Read here: hrlc.org.au/reports-news-c…

The Human Rights Law Centre and Australia Institute are hosting an event in Hobart next Friday on the importance of transparency, accountability and whistleblowing to address environmental harm and climate inaction. RSVP now support.hrlc.org.au/transparency-f…

"We must remember the good things that protests have given us, from voting rights for women to the eight hour workday. They happened because of protest - not because politicians acted out of the goodness of their own hearts." @DavidHRLC #ProtectProtest abc.net.au/listen/program…

Ahead of the launch next week of Human Rights Law Centre's climate and environmental whistleblowing guide, an important column in The Saturday Paper by my excellent colleagues Regina Featherstone Madeleine Howle thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/…

NEW GUIDE: With the rising influence of fossil fuel industries over #auspol, we have produced the Climate and Environmental Whistleblowing Info Guide, to protect and empower people to raise concerns about climate and environmental wrongdoing in Australia. hrlc.org.au/reports-news-c…

“In order to hold those responsible for climate and environmental harm accountable ... We need transparency for the planet.” From Human Rights Law Centre, five steps for becoming a climate whistleblower: satpa.pe/4eJdgAr

Sage advice here from the Human Rights Law Centre on blowing the whistle on climate and nature. Brave people who speak up change institutions, and change the world.

THREAD: We're working towards a future where every child can go to school, has a safe home to live in and is supported to learn from their mistakes. Victoria's Youth Justice bill is a step in the right direction, but vital changes are needed. 🧵 #SpringSt

Join us on 31 July for a webinar with CANA and leading experts from Australia and the UK to learn about whistleblowing for climate justice. Register now 👇 support.hrlc.org.au/climate-whistl…

WEBINAR: Join us tomorrow from 12-1pm AEST for a discussion on climate whistleblowing with Australia’s and the UK’s leading whistleblower experts. RSVP: support.hrlc.org.au/climate-whistl…

Media Release: The Human Rights Law Centre denounces Victorian Premier Allan for breaking promise to #RaiseTheAge to 14 by 2027. Pipelining children into youth prisons does not make the community safer. Monique Hurley Maggie Munn (they/them)🇵🇸 hrlc.org.au/news/2024/08/1…

Children belong with our families and communities, not locked up behind bars. We denounce Premier Allan for breaking the promise to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 by 2027 in Victoria. #RaiseTheAge hrlc.org.au/news/2024/08/1…

🇦🇺#Australia: Over the last 2 years there has been an ongoing erosion of civic freedoms with increasing anti-protest laws, the stifling of #protests & efforts to silence #whistleblowers. Due to this the state of #civicspace remains 'narrowed' New brief: web.civicus.org/AUSResearchBri…

Strong piece from 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬: “The decision will calm the nightly news cycle, the government can now point to what it is doing to tackle youth crime, but it has forever damaged the relationship with Victoria’s First Nations communities.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I was honoured to be asked to write an essay for The Monthly on truth and transparency in Australia, following the release of Julian Assange. I highlighted the urgent need for reform to whistleblower protections, secrecy offences and FOI. Read: themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/aug…

Important piece from Karen Barlow in today's The Saturday Paper, featuring comments from me on the need for secrecy and whistleblowing reform before the election. Transparency matters at an everyday level to the quality of government and decision-making we get thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…

I’m very sorry to hear of the passing of Peter Timmins, AKA Peter Timmins. He was the original transparency warrior; a great fighter for open and accountable government. Peter wasn’t high profile, rather a quiet high achiever. Vale Peter! #FOI #auspol smh.com.au/national/nsw/i…