I think it is a very simple process on that issue. Some of the Australian regimes do extend whistle-blower protection to any person who discloses wrongdoing, including any member of the public, or any ratepayer or taxpayer. That becomes much more problematic because it's very hard for agencies to know how they are supposed to implement that effectively, and particularly to protect those people in situations where very often they don't need any protection anyway. It sort of confuses the scheme.
I think it's important to draw a very clear line between who a whistle-blower is—as in, people who need protection because they are inside or have that kind of employment relationship with the agency—and other citizens, clients, or customers who might need some legal protections if they make disclosures in other ways, but who are not actually whistle-blowers. I think it's important for the committee and the government to have a very clear idea of that dividing line in order to manage what's on either side of that line, rather than assuming it's all one type of disclosure and one type of protection responsibilities.