Public interest disclosures 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 (VPS).

• 2. How the public interest disclosure scheme works

  The Public Interest Disclosures Scheme is a Victorian Public Sector ‘whistleblowing-system’ which operates to facilitate and provide a legal framework for reporting corruption.

• 3. What is 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 (PID).

• 5. Support and protection for making a PID

  There are protections in place for making a PID.

• 6. How the VI handles your PID

  What happens after we receive your disclosure.

• 7. PIDs about the VI

  Public Interest Disclosures about the VI or VI officers must be made to the IOC of Parliament or to a Presiding Officer.

Updated 4 October 2023