ABSTRACT
Those who report crime in the public interest come within a group in society colloquially known as 'whistleblowers'. The Macquarie dictionary defines ' whistleblowing' as ' . . .the activity of blowing the whistle on or exposing the corrupt practices of others' and 'whistleblower' as '...someone who alerts the public to some scandalous practice or evidence of corruption on the part of someone else'. For the purposes of the present chapter 'whistleblowing' will be regarded as a reference to disclosure of conduct which amounts or could amount to a breach of the civil law as well as to conduct which could amount to a criminal offence in the strict sense.
