The Federal Minister for Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, spoke at a whistleblower summit hosted by the University of Melbourne Law School on Friday. Ms O’Dwyer told the summit that the Government intends to introduce whistleblower protection legislation including provisions for paying compensation to people who blow the whistle on corporate corruption or unethical behaviour. The initiative is similar to US legislation that sees between 10% and 30% of money collected in a case of corporate misconduct paid to the whistleblower.
