Whistleblower protections

So all hell has broken out at my workplace, a whistleblower has reported wrongdoing and corruption to the relevant authorities and the old boy's club is in damage control. So while one would expect a whole bunch of measures to prevent these occurrences happening again - that's not how we roll.

Instead we have to mount an inquisition, better known as a witch hunt to attempt to flush out the alleged perpetrator. Instead of providing leadership in a stressful period to stamp out the inequity leading to the disclosure, an approach reinforcing the negative behaviours is their modus operandi.

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003, Western Australia is designed to prevent whistleblowers from harassment in the workplace. Ok, so the objectives of these laws are to provide protection against victimisation and appropriate protection for those who make such reports.

The laws should provide a safe means to report wrongdoing with a framework to properly deal with and fix reported matters. So what really happens is the whistleblower whilst trying to remain anonymous really suffers detrimental career effects after the whistleblower is hunted down and harassed into submission.