Editing Whistleblowing (section)

===Australia===
{{main|Whistleblower protection in Australia}}
There are laws in a number of states.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whistleblowers Australia |url=http://www.whistleblowers.org.au/ |publisher=Whistleblowers.org.au }}</ref> The former Australian intelligence officer known as ''[[Witness K]]'', who provided evidence of Australia's [[Australia–East Timor spying scandal|controversial spying operation]] against the government of [[East Timor]] in 2004, face the possibility of jail if convicted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Timor-Leste activists 'shocked' by Australia's prosecution of spy Witness K and lawyer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/timor-leste-activists-shocked-by-australias-prosecution-of-spy-witness-k-and-lawyer |work=The Guardian |date=21 July 2018}}</ref>

Whistleblowers Australia is an association for those who have exposed corruption or any form of malpractice, especially if they were then hindered or abused.<ref>{{cite web|author=Whistleblowers Australia |url=http://www.whistleblowers.org.au/ |title=Whistleblowers Australia |publisher=Whistleblowers.org.au |date=12 February 2012 |access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>