House debates

Thursday, 10 August 2006

Questions without Notice

Whistleblowers

2:51 pm

Photo of Warren SnowdonWarren Snowdon (Lingiari, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia and Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. I refer the minister to his claim yesterday that the protection of whistleblowers is paramount. Can he confirm that an Indigenous whistleblower in his department, Tjanara Goreng Goreng, has been suspended and had her home raided by the Australian Federal Police? Can the minister confirm that one of the grounds for suspension included the officer’s alleged connection with the Mutitjulu community? Why has Ms Goreng Goreng not enjoyed the same protection as Mr Andrews, a man with a demonstrated connection to Mutitjulu?

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