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How South Australia's Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018 protects public officers who report wrongdoing: OPI intake, ICAC SA's corruption-only role, and the flat $20,000 reprisal and confidentiality penalties.
Queensland's Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 protects public sector whistleblowers, with reprisal carrying up to $28,840.90. Covers who can disclose and Ombudsman oversight.
The Northern Territory has no standalone whistleblower Act. Protections for NT public sector disclosures sit in Part 6 of the ICAC Act 2017, with reprisal penalties up to $77,600.
How the NSW Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 protects public officials, contractors and volunteers who report serious wrongdoing, and the penalties for retaliation.
How the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012 (ACT), amended by A2020-46, protects ACT public sector whistleblowers, the Integrity Commissioner and Ombudsman roles, and the reprisal and confidentiality penalties.
How Corporations Act Part 9.4AAA protects private sector whistleblowers in Australia: eligibility, the 90-day rule, penalties up to $18.2m, and the separate tax regime.
How the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth) protects federal public officials who report wrongdoing: the internal-first rule, the reprisal offence penalty and the NACC Act overlap.
WA's child exploitation material offences apply under 16 with no peer defence, but registration for a young offender is not automatic. Sections, penalties and what a court can order.
Victoria sexting law explained: the under-18 child abuse material threshold, section 51B-51H penalties, and the six section 51M-51R young-person exceptions, not a flat 2-year rule.
Tasmania's child exploitation material offences apply below 18; the section 130E(2) peer defence covers only production, possession and access, never distribution, and needs a close-in-age qualifying act.
South Australia's child exploitation material offences apply below 17, the state's outlier threshold, with no statutory defence for a teenager sexting a peer and court-discretion registration.
Queensland's child exploitation material offences apply under 16, cover a teenager's own image, and carry no statutory peer or self-image defence. Sections, penalties and what is unconfirmed.