Internet & Social Media

Where whistleblowers have made it their aim, not necessarily to achieve justice for themselves, but to communicate to the public the injustice done by the government and/or an agency to others, the internet and social media appear to offer new hope.

There may be in the 21st century potential for some effectiveness in achieving this limited but possible communication goal. The right of the people to know what their governments are or are not doing is a vital feature in any properly functioning democratic society.

The fire ant whistleblower, Dr Pam Swepson, having allegedly been removed from reporting duties by the government and the watchdog regulator, and allegedly turned away by the Whistle While They Work whistleblower research study because Dr Swepson was no longer a public servant, has now established a successful website with blog at www.swepson.com.au.

Further, another active whistleblower, a Teacher, responded to the bullying of teachers that she saw in Queensland Schools by establishing a website, www.theteachersareblowingtheirwhistles.com .

In another case, documents from former Major Allan Warren, a whistleblower in the Australian Army, have been placed onto a dissent website organised by Dr Brian Martin from the University of Wollongong https://www.bmartin.cc/dissent/documents.

The tracking history of the on-going notorious Heiner affair is found at http://www.heineraffair.info