You should probably do a bit more research than a single copy+paste from a summary on a gov website. This is very, very bare bones—something I wouldn’t accept from a term 1 student paper (for example). Consulting a professional is obviously preferable but even without that, actually looking at any relevant Act or legal decisions would dramatically improve this. I think it is incredibly poor to post this with such little investigation.
Also whistleblowing (as your name suggests), can be done internally in the org, raised to the org or to a superior within the org, or so forth—doing so on a public forum is not actually whistleblowing that may be protected by law. It all depends on what avenues are available (such as if you’ve been ignored, or fear reprisals or so forth) and what you have tried elsewhere.
Disagree-voted (but not downvoted). I think consulting a professional is a standard so high, and costly, that we should not even imply that it’s a necessary condition, or even an expectation, before raising a concern. I think it’s pretty important that raising a concern should not cost money.
I don’t know whether a term 1 student paper is an appropriate standard, and I’d guess most other readers wouldn’t either, so it doesn’t seem like helpful guidance to me.
I do think the concerns in the OP fall below some minimum standard of due diligence and consideration to prevent wasting time and attention, but I personally would not want to set that standard too far above this post, or real red flags will go unreported, simply because the reporter can’t or won’t do the work to make them bulletproof.
Speaking with a legal background:
You should probably do a bit more research than a single copy+paste from a summary on a gov website. This is very, very bare bones—something I wouldn’t accept from a term 1 student paper (for example). Consulting a professional is obviously preferable but even without that, actually looking at any relevant Act or legal decisions would dramatically improve this. I think it is incredibly poor to post this with such little investigation.
Also whistleblowing (as your name suggests), can be done internally in the org, raised to the org or to a superior within the org, or so forth—doing so on a public forum is not actually whistleblowing that may be protected by law. It all depends on what avenues are available (such as if you’ve been ignored, or fear reprisals or so forth) and what you have tried elsewhere.
Disagree-voted (but not downvoted). I think consulting a professional is a standard so high, and costly, that we should not even imply that it’s a necessary condition, or even an expectation, before raising a concern. I think it’s pretty important that raising a concern should not cost money.
I don’t know whether a term 1 student paper is an appropriate standard, and I’d guess most other readers wouldn’t either, so it doesn’t seem like helpful guidance to me.
I do think the concerns in the OP fall below some minimum standard of due diligence and consideration to prevent wasting time and attention, but I personally would not want to set that standard too far above this post, or real red flags will go unreported, simply because the reporter can’t or won’t do the work to make them bulletproof.