老澳门六合彩开奖记录

Whistleblower Policy (AUS)

Whistleblower Policy (Australia)

 

(1) Purpose of the policy

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Publications Pty Ltd (鈥老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥) is committed to conducting its business with honesty
and integrity and recognises that its employees (and non-employees) have an important role to play in
maintaining its high standards.
The purpose of this policy is to provide a safe and secure mechanism for you to report legitimate concerns
about possible wrongdoing and to ensure that your disclosure is dealt with appropriately and in a timely
manner.
You will qualify for protection as a whistleblower under the Corporations Act if you make an eligible disclosure,
by meeting all of the following requirements:
a) you are an 鈥eligible discloser鈥 (see section 2 below);
b) you have made a disclosure of information relating to a 鈥disclosable matter鈥 (see section 3 below);
and
c) you have made a disclosure of information directly to an 鈥eligible recipient鈥, or to ASIC, APRA or
another Commonwealth body prescribed by regulation (see section 4 below).

 

(2) Who is an 鈥渆ligible discloser鈥?

An 鈥渆ligible discloser鈥 is anyone who is, or has been, any of the following to 老澳门六合彩开奖记录:
飩 an officer or employee, including current and former employees;
飩 a supplier of goods or services (including their employees), such as contractors, brokers and auditors;
飩 an associate; or
飩 a relative, dependent or spouse of one of the above individuals.

 

(3) What is a 鈥渄isclosable matter鈥?

If you have any information that you think reasonably demonstrates misconduct, or an improper state of
affairs/circumstances in connection with either 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 or its related entities, then it could be a
鈥渄isclosable matter鈥. Examples include:
飩 illegal conduct, such as theft, dealing in, or use of illicit drugs, violence or threatened violence, and
criminal damage against property;
飩 fraud, money laundering or misappropriation of funds;
飩 offering or accepting a bribe;
飩 financial irregularities;
飩 conduct that constitutes a contravention of a particular law;
飩 failure to comply with, or breach of, any other legal or regulatory requirements;
飩 conduct which represents a significant risk to public safety or the stability of the financial system;
飩 engaging in or threatening to engage in detrimental conduct against a person who has made a
disclosure or is believed or suspected to have made or be planning to make a disclosure;
飩 any other kind of serious impropriety;
飩 deliberate concealment of information that may show any of the matters listed above.
You may still qualify for protection even if your disclosure turns out to be incorrect or unsubstantiated.
Although, you should have a reasonable basis for believing that the information you are reporting is true as
you will not be protected under the Corporations Act if your claim is malicious or vexatious.

Please note, disclosures that are not about 鈥渄isclosable matters鈥, including a personal work-related
grievance, do not qualify for protection under the Corporations Act. If you have a grievance about working for
老澳门六合彩开奖记录 that relates to you personally, please speak to your manager or a member of the HR team. For
more information regarding what to do if you have a personal work-related grievance, see 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚
on The Road.

 

(4) Who is an 鈥渆ligible recipient鈥?

To be able to qualify for protection under the Corporations Act, you should make your disclosure to an 鈥渆ligible
recipient鈥 as described at Annexure 1. Eligible recipients include:
Name Contact details
Julian Nikadie (Lonely
Planet鈥檚 whistleblower
coordinator)

Email: julian.nikadie@lonelyplanet.com.au
Telephone: (+61) 03 8379 8000
Address: 老澳门六合彩开奖记录, The Malt Store, Level 3, 551 Swanston Street, Carlton,
Victoria 3053, Australia.

 

(5) How to raise your concern

You can contact an eligible recipient by email, telephone or post.
You can choose to remain anonymous whilst making a disclosure, maintain your anonymity for the duration
of an investigation, and also remain anonymous after the investigation is finalised, if you wish. If you decide
to make a disclosure anonymously, you will still be protected under the Corporations Act.
You can maintain your anonymity by, for example, using an anonymous email address to contact us/blocking
your Caller ID and adopting a pseudonym for your disclosure/ongoing communications.
However due to the often complex nature of disclosures, making contact anonymously by post or telephone
may not be the best method of disclosure as we may need to maintain ongoing two-way communications
with you to ask follow-up questions or provide feedback. For this reason, please consider contacting us via a pseudonymised email address if you wish to make an anonymous disclosure.

 

(6) Your protection

(a) Protection of your identity
老澳门六合彩开奖记录 is under a legal obligation to protect the confidentiality of your identity as a discloser and it
cannot identify you (or disclose information which is likely to lead to your identification) unless it is to:
飩 ASIC, APRA, or a member of the Australian Federal Police;
飩 a legal practitioner for the purposes of obtaining legal advice or legal representation about the
whistleblower provisions containing in the Corporations Act;
飩 any person or body prescribed by regulations; or
飩 anyone else, with your consent as the discloser.

(b) Protection from detrimental conduct
老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will protect you from detrimental conduct made or threatened towards you as a consequence
of your disclosure, including:
飩 your dismissal;
飩 injury in your employment;
飩 alteration of your position or duties to your disadvantage;
飩 discrimination between you and other 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 employees;
飩 harassment or intimidation;
飩 harm or injury, including psychological harm;
飩 damage to your property;
飩 damage to your reputation;
飩 damage to your business or financial position; or
飩 any other damage.
We will do this by reducing the risk that you will be identified from the information contained in your disclosure,
such as by redacting any personal information and having in place secure record keeping/ information sharing
systems.
If you feel that you have suffered detriment as a result of making a disclosure, you can lodge a complaint to
the contact listed in Annexure 1 and your complaint will be investigated separately. You should also obtain
independent legal advice if you suffer loss, damage or injury because of a disclosure, as you may qualify for
compensation and other remedies.

(c) Protection from legal action
By making a disclosure, you will be protected (except for any misconduct you have engaged in) from any of
the following:
飩 civil liability, e.g. any legal action against the discloser for breach of an employment contract, duty of
confidentiality or other contractual obligation;
飩 criminal liability, e.g. attempted prosecution for discloser of unlawfully releasing information, or other
use of the disclosure against you in a prosecution (other than for making a false disclosure); and
飩 administrative liability e.g. disciplinary action for making the disclosure.

 

(7) How 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will handle and investigate your concern

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will fully investigate all eligible disclosures and, whilst the process/ timeframes may vary
depending on the nature and complexity of the disclosure, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will attempt to adhere to the
following:

(a) Handling a disclosure:
Once you have reported your concern, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will assess what action should be taken. If your concern
is not about reporting information relating to a disclosable matter (see section 3 above) and it can be dealt
with under another 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 policy, then you will be given support and advice about the steps you can
take.
If your concern is in relation to a disclosable matter and can be dealt with under this policy, then 老澳门六合彩开奖记录
will need to assess whether a formal, in depth investigation is required.

(b) Investigating a disclosure:
If 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 considers that it will need to investigate your disclosure, it will determine the following:
飩 the nature and scope of the investigation;
飩 the person(s) within and/or outside 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 that should lead the investigation;
飩 the nature of any technical, financial or legal advice that it may require to support the investigation;
and
飩 the timeframe for the investigation.
老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will then prioritise and progress the investigation using appropriate methods depending on the
nature of the disclosure. It will also provide documentation and reporting to those responsible for the oversight
of this policy, whilst preserving confidentiality. At the end of the investigation, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will provide
information to you.
老澳门六合彩开奖记录 is not obliged to reopen an investigation and it can conclude any reviews it does agree to
undertake if it finds that the investigation was conducted properly, or new information is either not available
or would not change the findings of the investigation.
Please note, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 may not be able to undertake an investigation if insufficient information is provided
and it is not able to contact you (see section 5 above).

(c) Timeframes:
老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will conduct all investigations carried out under this Whistleblower Policy in a timely manner. It
will ensure you, as the discloser, are provided with regular updates (as long as you can be contacted,
including through anonymous channels) during key stages whilst the investigation is in progress and after
the investigation has been finalised.
The disclosure handling and investigation process will be undertaken in confidence and appropriate records
and documents for each step in the process will be maintained.

 

(8) Ensuring fair treatment of individuals mentioned in a disclosure

We are committed to the fair treatment of our employees who are mentioned in an eligible disclosure,
including those who are the subject of the disclosure. To ensure fairness, all eligible disclosures will be
handled confidentially when it is practical and appropriate to do so in the circumstances. When an
investigation needs to be undertaken, the process will be objective, fair and independent.
If you are a 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 employee, you can access the employee assistance program (EAP) for a free and
confidential counselling service. For more information, contact the HR team.

 

(9) Where to locate a full copy of this policy

A current, up-to-date version of this policy is available:
飩 on the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 website;
飩 on The Road;
飩 the policy will be communicated to all employees and officers by way of email on implementation;
飩 at staff briefing sessions and/or training sessions as applicable on an ongoing basis; and
飩 in staff induction information packs and when training new starters.

 

Annexure 1

鈥淓ligible recipients鈥
The following staff at 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 are eligible recipients for the purpose of this policy:
飩 an officer of the company (including directors or member of the senior leadership team at Lonely
Planet);
飩 senior managers;
飩 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 internal or external auditor, actuary or related entity;
飩 ASIC, APRA (or another Commonwealth body prescribed by regulation); and
飩 a legal practitioner for the purpose of obtaining legal advice/representation about the whistleblower
provisions in the Corporations Act.
Public interest & emergency disclosures
You will also qualify for protection under the Corporations Act in certain circumstances if you need to make
a public interest disclosure or an emergency disclosure. It is important that you fully understand the criteria
for making a public interest or emergency disclosure (before doing so) and you should first seek independent
legal advice.
Reporting detriment as a result of a disclosure
The following person can be contacted if you feel that you have suffered detriment as a result of your
disclosure (see section 6(b) of the Whistleblower Policy):
Contact: Megan Breen, HR Consultant
Contact details: megan.breen@lonelyplanet.com

 

Legal/HR 鈥 Australia, December 2019