Bill
Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2019-03-12. Treasury portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Treasury
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-12-07
- second reading — 2017-12-07
- second reading — 2018-12-05
- second reading — 2018-12-06
- second reading — 2018-12-06
- committee — 2018-12-06
- third reading — 2018-12-06
- introduced — 2019-02-12
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-18
- second reading — 2019-02-19
- second reading — 2019-02-19
- third reading — 2019-02-19
- passed — 2019-02-19
- royal assent — 2019-03-12
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-12-07.
This bill would strengthen protections for people who report tax avoidance and corporate misconduct.
It would change the Taxation Administration Act 1953 and the Corporations Act to expand who can be protected, allow anonymous reports, and shield whistleblowers' identities.
The bill would also improve access to compensation for those who suffer retaliation after making a disclosure.
- Broaden the range of individuals eligible for protection.
- Allow anonymous disclosures.
- Protect the identity of tax and corporate whistleblowers.
- Expand who can receive a whistleblower disclosure.
- Improve access to compensation or other remedies for victimisation.
Individuals who disclose information to the Australian Taxation Office on tax avoidance and other tax issues, and corporate whistleblowers.
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