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New report shows the price women whistleblowers pay for speaking out

Laura Murphy-Oates

25 Aug 2025

Women who blow the whistle are vital to exposing wrongdoing but are paying a heavy price for their courage, according to a new report released by the Human Rights Law Centre today.

“Women Speaking Up: Gender Dynamics in Australia’s Whistleblowing Landscape” analyses the first year of client data from the Human Rights Law Centre’s Whistleblower Project, Australia’s first specialist legal service for whistleblowers...

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