Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move Democrats amendments (4) and (5) on sheet 5214 together:

(4)    Schedule 2, item 2, page 15 (line 13), omit “and”, substitute “or”

(5)    Schedule 2, item 2, page 15 (after line 13), at the end of paragraph 96-8(1)(a), add:

                 (iii)    a person receiving residential care; or

                 (iv)    a family member or friend of a person receiving residential care; or

                  (v)    a person who, at any time during 2 years before the disclosure is made, has engaged in a series of activities in Australia or elsewhere as an advocate in the area of aged care policy.

Amendments (4) and (5) extend the whistleblowing provision to a person receiving residential care or to a family member or a person who, at any time during two years before the disclosure is made, is engaged in a series of activities in Australia or elsewhere as an advocate of aged-care policy. So it just takes it beyond the current set of whistleblowing persons who are given protection.