2.1 About the scheme
The Public Interest Disclosure (PID) scheme is the Victorian public sector’s ‘whistleblowing-system’ for corruption and misconduct. It operates under the PID Act and helps maintain integrity within the Victorian Public Sector.
Every public sector body has personnel and procedures to help people make public interest disclosures. The PID scheme outlines the process for:
- assessing public interest disclosures
- investigating public interest disclosures
- protections available for people who make a public interest disclosure, including from reprisals.
Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission’s role
IBAC uncovers, investigates, and stops corrupt behaviour and illegal conduct across the Victorian public sector. It is aware of most of the public interest disclosures that are made.
Most other organisations must by law forward public interest disclosures they get to IBAC.
2.2 About the Public Interest Disclosures Act
The PID Act provides the legal framework for making a public interest disclosure. More broadly it:
- encourages and helps people to report wrong doing or plans to affect the honest or effective performance of a Victorian public body or officer
- protects people who make a public interest disclosure or who may suffer reprisals for submitting one
- ensures public interest disclosures are properly assessed and investigated if needed
- provides for your public interest disclosure and identity to stay confidential.
2.3 What’s Integrity Oversight Victoria's role in the PID scheme?
We receive and investigate public interest disclosures about:
- IBAC
- IBAC officers
- Public Interest Monitors.
We receive public interest disclosures about all other entities that are not compelled by the PID Act to be reported to another entity and if it’s appropriate we’ll forward them to IBAC for assessment.
We oversee IBAC’s performance and functions under the PID Act.
We review the PID Act procedures of:
- IBAC
- Victorian Ombudsman
- Judicial Commission of Victoria.
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