Public Interest Disclosure Policy

This policy sets out: • how NSWALC will support and protect you if you come forward with a report of serious wrongdoing • how we will deal with the report and our other responsibilities under the PID Act • who to contact if you want to make a report • how to make a report • the protections which are available to you under the PID Act. [...] • You did not receive the following from us: – notification that we will not investigate the serious wrongdoing and will also not refer the previous disclosure to another agency, or – the following information at the end of the investigation period: o notice of our decision to investigate the serious wrongdoing o a description of the results of an investigation into the serious wrongdoing o detail. [...] Where the report is made in person, the receiver of the PID will then make a comprehensive record of the report and ask you to sign the record. [...] These include: • where the person consents in writing to the disclosure • where it is generally known that the person is the maker of the voluntary PID because of their voluntary self-identification as the maker • when the public official or NSWALC reasonably considers it necessary to disclose the information to protect a person from detriment • where it is necessary the information be disclosed t. [...] Review and dispute resolution (a) Internal review People who make voluntary PIDs can seek internal review of the following decisions made by NSWALC: • that NSWALC is not required to deal with the report as a voluntary PID • to stop dealing with the report because we decided it was not a voluntary PID • to not investigate the serious wrongdoing and not refer the report to another agency • to cease.