Fraud and corruption report form

Privacy Notice and Consent

This notice explains how the sensitive personal information you provide will be collected and handled as part of submitting your report to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (the department).

Why are you receiving this notice?

You are receiving this notice because you are providing sensitive personal information to the department’s Fraud, Corruption and Detections (FCD) team in relation to suspected fraud and/or corruption against the department. The provision of this information will enable the FCD team to contact you regarding your report, and to appropriately address your report. We will use the information you provide to assess, investigate and/or resolve your report. This information will assist in the assessment and resolution of your report.

What sensitive personal information will be collected?

The sensitive personal information you choose to provide in the Reporting Form about yourself, or other individuals, will be collected. You may choose to provide the following sensitive personal information in the Reporting Form:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Employer 

How will your sensitive personal information be used and disclosed?

We will use the sensitive personal information you provide to assess, investigate and/or resolve your report. Your sensitive personal information may be disclosed to other areas within the department, other Australian government agencies, persons or organisations where necessary for the above purposes, provided the disclosure is consistent with relevant laws. Your sensitive personal information will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and our Privacy Policy. You can choose to participate anonymously or use a pseudonym. You can also choose not to provide your sensitive personal information. 

However, this may mean the department’s FCD team will be unable to contact you to resolve your report and may be limited in action it can take to address the report. It may also result in the matter being retained for the department’s information only.

Your consent

This privacy notice explains how the sensitive personal information you provide may be handled by the department in relation to your report. If you have any questions or need help to complete the Form, please contact the FCD team via email at Fraud@dcceew.gov.au. If you decide to complete and submit a report, you are taken to have consented to your personal information being collected, used and disclosed in accordance with this notice.

Privacy Policy and Contact Us

Our Privacy Policy explains how you can access or correct your personal information, and how to make a complaint. If you have questions, please contact the department at privacy@dcceew.gov.au.