Contents: Introduction -- The Westpac Letters (Foreign currency loans from Westpac and other banks) -- Cradle to grave (Lead pollution in Sydney) -- Affordable Safety (The Civil Aviation Authority) -- Incompatible with company objectives ( Robert Savory and his job with BHP) -- Dereliction to duty (ANL and its financial problems) -- What happened aboard the Griffin Venture? (Tim Visscher and issues of maritime safety) -- The Courage of the whistleblowers) -- Premeditated deception (Phil Vardy and his work at Foundation 41 - accusations of fraud in scientific research) -- Free speech in Darwin (DR Phil Nitsche - exposure of lack of preparation for nuclear accidents in Darwin) -- The man who saved the bank (Alwyn Johnson and the Tasmania Bank) -- A law unto themselves (Regulatory capture - failure to enforce legislated obligations of the mining industry)
Analysis
Case studies
Corruption
Ethics
Public interest
Whistleblowing
Notes
Cover subtitle: People with the courage to put the truth first
