Further Contribution

QWAG would also like to make a presentation to authorities about the reservations that whistleblowers from around Australia have shared with QWAG about the WWTW research program.

Public statements about whistleblowing by authorities appear to suggest that these authorities are placing a reliance on the knowledge of that research group, which now is conducting research into whistleblowing in the private sector.

It is not well known that the first WWTW study also exhibited an attitude towards whistleblowing in the private sector of which QWAG makes criticism.

As stated, the WWTW described the stories of past whistleblowing as ‘mythical tales’, with specific mention of the narratives in Quentin Dempster’s book.

That book, ‘Whistleblowers’ was about private sector whistleblowers from mining, shipping, banking (two cases), fuel storage, oil processing and scientific research – those situations should ring true for allegations of wrongdoing today in which whistleblowers have again been involved.

QWAG welcomes the participation of all interested parties in processes about whistleblowing, but recommends that whistleblowers too be well represented so that all views of the whistleblowing phenomenon are heard.