Ms Emily Logan:

I might add, in the context of protected disclosures, that GSOC has quite a unique function as against other organisations. Commissioner Hume referred to section 5, which relates to getting relevant information that may indicate potentially relevant wrongdoing, but the second part of that means we are obliged to make a decision in opening a case that it must be in the public interest to do so. We use five criteria to make that decision, and we have a policy on that in order that we have consistency throughout the commission in making those decisions, but it is quite a unique legal power GSOC has as against other bodies in regard to protected disclosures.