By exposing human rights abuses, government wrongdoing and corporate misconduct, whistleblowers like David McBride and Richard Boyle make Australia a better place.

Yet too often in Australia, whistleblowers are prosecuted rather than supported.

This was recorded on Tuesday 24th October 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guests:

Kieran Pender, senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre // @KieranHRLC

Professor Peter Greste, award-winning journalist, author and academic // @PeterGreste

Rawan Arraf, Executive Director of the Australian Centre for International Justice // @rawanarraf

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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