Honest Government Ad | A Message to Whistleblowers

The Australien Government has made an ad about its Whistleblower Protection Laws, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

✊ A message from David in prison:    • If you're seeing this, I'm in jail.  
✊ Take action: https://www.droptheprosecutions.org.au

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👉 CREDITS
🔹 Produced by Patrons of The Juice Media
🔹 Written by Giordano for The Juice Media
🔹 Performed by Ellen Burbidge:    / ellenburbidge  
🔹 Voice by Lucy
🔹 Music by AudioSteyl: https://audiojungle.net/item/upliftin...

👉 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:
🔸 The Afghan Files: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-1...
🔸 Kieran Pender, "It’s a travesty McBride had to plead guilty, but the public want whistleblower reform" https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/11/21/...
🔸"Australia’s federal whistleblowing laws have not protected anyone since inception" https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
🔸Human Rights Law Centre, "The Cost of Courage": https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
🔸Explainer of David McBride’s case: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com...
🔸Explainer of Richard Boyle's case: https://www.hrlc.org.au/whistleblower...
🔸 Rex Patrick, "Fine print bombshell – share information which “undermines trust in government”, face jail" https://michaelwest.com.au/government...
🔸Michael West Media, "Documents show no sign Albanese government lobbied the US to bring Julian Assange home" https://michaelwest.com.au/documents-...
🔸The Australia Institute, polling showing majority of Australians want stronger protections for whistleblowers: https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
🔸Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, big essay about restoring trust in government: https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2...
🔸Australian Government, Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2013A...
🔸Australian Government, Review of Secrecy Provisions, Final Report 2023: https://www.ag.gov.au/sites/default/f...
🔸Whistleblower Protection Authority https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
🔸FOI system broken: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/29/...
🔸Public hearings in the NACC: https://australiainstitute.org.au/pos...
🔸Withholding documents from Parliament: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/feder...