The safe channel that we provided was for people to get in touch with us and share information. That's just the first step. People had to trust us and trust that we would not do anything with it that would be damaging.
The problem with the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner is not getting information to them safely; it's what they do with it. Basically, the pattern is that if allegations are mostly ignored and not even investigated, and when you go to the office, they become secret forever—beyond access to information not just for 10, 15 or 25 years, but forever—the whistle-blower really has no chance of any remedy for reprisals.
As I said, in 17 years with about 500 whistle-blowers having complained of reprisals, not a single one has been compensated.