Public interest disclosure guidelines

• 1. Introduction

  These guidelines have been prepared to facilitate the reporting of corruption and other misconduct by public bodies and public officers within the Victorian public sector

• 2. How the public interest disclosure scheme works

  The Public Interest Disclosures (PID) scheme is a Victorian public sector ‘whistleblowing-system’ which operates to facilitate and provide a legal framework for reporting corruption.

• 3. All you need to know about a public interest disclosure

  A public interest disclosure is a report, complaint, or allegation about ‘improper conduct’ by a public body.

• 4. How to make a public interest disclosure

  The Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 prescribes the bodies to which you are able to make your public interest disclosure

• 5.Protections and support if you make a public interest disclosure

  There are protections in place for making a public interest disclosure.

• 6. How we will handle your disclosure

  What happens after we receive your disclosure

• 7. Public interest disclosures about us

  Public interest disclosures about us must be made to the Integrity and Oversight Committee of Parliament or to a Presiding Officer

Updated 10 February 2025