The main changes that the bill makes are the removal of all of the gates and hurdles that have previously prevented or discouraged disclosers from getting their concern in front of an appropriate external authority, requiring public sector organisations to specify in their internal procedures how they're going to support disclosers, adding to the definition of "serious wrongdoing" the misuse of public funds or authority by non - public sector organisations and the serious risk to the health and safety of any individual, improving protection of disclosers by enabling them to complain to the Privacy Commissioner if the requirement to protect their confidentiality has been breached, and removing the restrictions on the protection of those who disclose supporting information. 