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Collating and publishing statistics

The Protected Disclosure Coordinator will establish a secure register to record the information required to be published in the MFB's annual report, and to generally keep account of the status of protected disclosures and investigations. 

The register will be confidential and will not record any information that may identify the whistleblower.  

The register will contain the following information for each year:

  • The number and types of disclosures made to MFB;
  • The number of disclosures referred to the Ombudsman for determination as to whether they are public interest disclosures;
  • The number and types of disclosed matters referred to MFB by the Ombudsman for investigation;
  • The number and types of disclosures referred by MFB to the Ombudsman for investigation;
  • The number and types of investigations taken over from MFB by the Ombudsman;
  • The number of requests made by a whistleblower to the Ombudsman to take over an investigation by MFB;
  • The number and types of disclosed matters that MFB has declined to investigate;
  • The number and types of disclosed matters that were substantiated upon investigation and the action taken on completion of the investigation; and
  • Any recommendations made by the Ombudsman that relate to MFB.

Statement of support for whistleblowers
Purpose of this procedure
Objects of the Act
Definitions of key terms
The reporting system
Roles and responsibilities
Confidentiality
Collating and publishing statistics
Receiving and assessing disclosures
Investigations
Action taken after an investigation
Managing the welfare of the whistleblower
Management of the defendant 
Criminal offences
Further information

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