1. Overview

1.1 Purpose

These Procedures set out how the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) facilitates and deals with public interest disclosures (PIDs) that relate to PM&C for the purposes of s59(3) of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth) (PID Act).

  1. Specifically, these procedures contain information about:
    1. how a PID can be made to PM&C; and
    2. how PM&C will manage PIDs that it receives.

1.2 Statement of Commitment

  1. PM&C is committed to the highest standards of ethical and accountable conduct, and encourages the reporting of wrongdoing under the PID Act where appropriate. PM&C will take reasonable steps to protect public officials who make disclosures and departmental employees who are involved in disclosure investigations in accordance with the PID Act and these Procedures.