Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616:section:25
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 25
Character Range: 50681–52007

25  Simplified outline
  The following is a simplified outline of this Division:

      The protections in Division 1 apply to public interest disclosures.
      Broadly speaking, a public interest disclosure is a disclosure of information, by a public official, or a former public official, that is:
         • a disclosure within the government, to an authorised internal recipient or a supervisor, concerning suspected or probable illegal conduct or other wrongdoing (referred to as "disclosable conduct"); or
         • a disclosure to anybody, if an internal disclosure of the information has not been adequately dealt with, and if wider disclosure satisfies public interest requirements; or
         • a disclosure to anybody if there is substantial and imminent danger to health or safety; or
         • a disclosure to an Australian legal practitioner for purposes connected with the above matters; or
         • a NACC disclosure concerning disclosable conduct.
      However, there are limitations to take into account the need to protect intelligence information.
Note 1: Disclosable conduct, authorised internal recipient and intelligence information are defined in Subdivisions B, C and D.
Note 2: Public official is defined in Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 4.

Subdivision A—Public interest disclosures