What is a public interest disclosure?

If we assess your complaint as a Public Interest Disclosure we’ll never reveal your name as the person who made a disclosure, and we’ll make every effort to ensure you are not disadvantaged because you made a complaint. This means: 

• you're protected from being fired or bullied.
• you're protected from defamation and retaliation. 
• you have immunity from:
  • civil or criminal liability and administrative action (including disciplinary action) 
  • being charged with an offence under Victorian laws that impose obligations of impartiality, confidentiality or which otherwise restrict the disclosure of information 
  • breaching any other obligation (made by oath or rule of law or practice) requiring the maintenance of confidentiality or otherwise restricting the disclosure of information.

Reports about wrongdoing can be made directly to IBAC. 

Alternatively, some Victorian public sector agencies are authorised to receive public interest disclosures and may have a Public Interest Disclosure Coordinator who you can make a disclosure to, and they will report it to IBAC.

State Government departments

• Department of Premier and Cabinet
• Department of Education
• Department of Health
• Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
• Department of Treasury and Finance
• Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
• Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
• Department of Justice and Community Safety
• Department of Transport and Planning
• Department of Government Services
   

Administrative offices

• COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria
• Invest Victoria
• Latrobe Valley Authority
• Local Government Inspectorate
• Major Transport Infrastructure Authority
• Office of Projects Victoria
• Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel
• Office of the Governor
• Office of the Victorian Government Architect
• Public Record Office Victoria
• Safer Care Victoria: the Office for Safety and Quality Improvement
• Service Victoria
• Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office
• Victorian Skills Authority
   

All local councils

Other entities

• Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC)
• Victorian Public Sector Commission
• Victorian Inspectorate (if the Public Interest Disclosure relates to IBAC or the Public Interest Monitor)
• Victorian Ombudsman
• Victoria Police
• The Office of the Special Investigator (if the Public Interest Disclosure relates to conduct of Victoria Police personnel arising from the use of Nicola Maree Gobbo as a human Source)
• Judicial Commission of Victoria
• Integrity and Oversight Committee (if the Public Interest Disclosure relates to the Victorian Inspectorate)
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council (if the Public Interest Disclosure relates to a member of parliament)