Scope
The committee examined whether the practice of whistleblowing should be the subject of Commonwealth legislation and the form any legislation should take in order to facilitate public interest disclosures and provide necessary protection.
Chairs
![Members of the Select Committee on Public Interest Whistleblowing at the launch of its report, 'In the Public Interest', 31 August 1994. L-R: Senators Christabel Chamarette, Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair] and Jocelyn Newman [Chair]. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c180/c180-public-interest-whistleblowing-select-committee-31-august-1994-j2-1.jpg)
Members of the Select Committee on Public Interest Whistleblowing at the launch of its report, 'In the Public Interest', 31 August 1994. L-R: Senators Christabel Chamarette, Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair] and Jocelyn Newman [Chair]. DPS Auspic.
![Committee chair Senator Jocelyn Newman speaking at the report launch, 31 August 1994. L-R: Senators Christabel Chamarette, Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair], Jocelyn Newman [Chair] and Kay Denman. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c180/c180-public-interest-whistleblowing-select-committee-31-august-1994-j2-7.jpg)
Committee chair Senator Jocelyn Newman speaking at the report launch, 31 August 1994. L-R: Senators Christabel Chamarette, Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair], Jocelyn Newman [Chair] and Kay Denman. DPS Auspic.
![Committee members posing with the report, 31 August 1994. Clockwise from top: Senators Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair], Christabel Chamarette, Jocelyn Newman [Chair] and Kay Denman. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c180/c180-public-interest-whistleblowing-select-committee-31-august-1994-j2-22.jpg)
Committee members posing with the report, 31 August 1994. Clockwise from top: Senators Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair], Christabel Chamarette, Jocelyn Newman [Chair] and Kay Denman. DPS Auspic.
![Committee members and secretary posing with the report, 31 August 1994. Back row L-R: Senators Kay Denman, Jocelyn Newman [Chair] and Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair]. Front row L-R: Elton Humphery [Secretary] and Senator Christabel Chamarette. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c180/c180-public-interest-whistleblowing-select-committee-31-august-1994-j2-24.jpg)
Committee members and secretary posing with the report, 31 August 1994. Back row L-R: Senators Kay Denman, Jocelyn Newman [Chair] and Shayne Murphy [Deputy Chair]. Front row L-R: Elton Humphery [Secretary] and Senator Christabel Chamarette. DPS Auspic.