The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,009 Australians about their attitudes to Australian whistleblowers. The survey was developed in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Centre and Whistleblower Justice Fund.

The results show that:

• 86% of Australians support having stronger legal protections for Australian whistleblowers, including more than half (52%) who strongly support such protections.
  • There is majority support for stronger legal protections across all voting intentions.
• Four in five Australians (81%) think whistleblowers make Australia a better place; only 5% think they make Australia a worse place.
• 84% of Australians support the introduction of an Australian whistleblower protection authority, only 5% oppose.
• Three in four Australians (77%) think the Australian Government should intervene to end the prosecution of Richard Boyle.
• Seven in ten Australians (68%) agree that the Australian Government should pardon David McBride.