Section 3 - Reporting System for Disclosures

3.1  To the Ombudsman

A disclosure about improper conduct or detrimental action by the Department or its employees, may be made directly to the Ombudsman:

The Ombudsman
99 Bathurst Street
Hobart Tasmania 7000

Internet:  www.ombudsman.tas.gov.au
Email:  ombudsman@justice.tas.gov.au
Tel:  6233 6217
Toll Free:  1800 001 170

3.2  To contact persons within the Department

Disclosures of improper conduct or detrimental action by employees of the Department may be made to the following officers:

Protected disclosure coordinator
Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services
Department of Justice
michael.stevens@justice.tas.gov.au
Tel 03 6233 2366

Protected disclosure officer
Manager, Human Resources
Department of Justice
nigel.mcculloch@justice.tas.gov.au
Tel 03 6233 2303

Disclosures of improper conduct can also be made to the Secretary

The Secretary
Department of Justice
Lisa.Hutton@justice.tas.gov.au
Tel 036233 2366

All correspondence, phone calls and emails from internal or external disclosers will be referred to the protected disclosure coordinator.

Where a person is contemplating making a disclosure and is concerned about approaching the protected disclosure coordinator or a protected disclosure officer in the workplace, he or she can call the relevant officer and request a meeting in a discreet location away from the workplace.

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3.3  Alternate Contact Persons

The following table sets out alternate persons to whom disclosures may be made if the matter is not about the Department of Justice or one of its officers.

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