The Parliament of Victoria Fraud and Corruption Reporting Hotline is an independent and confidential service available to receive information relating to fraud, corruption and related improper conduct, and supports Parliament of Victoria’s values and Codes of Conduct.

Any actual or suspect incidents of fraud, corruption and related improper conduct.
Please refer to About section of this website for further details.

Parliament of Victoria believes that all employees and Members should be able to assist in ensuring Parliament of Victoria maintains its zero tolerance for fraud, corruption and related improper conduct.

Parliament of Victoria has engaged Stopline who are an independent, confidential and impartial conduit for information reported around fraud, corruption and related improper conduct. Stopline has people experienced in handling sensitive information from stakeholders and maintaining anonymity.

Your report is provided only to the relevant ‘Decision Maker’ within the Parliament of Victoria – these are typically the relevant Department Head.
Subsequently, the relevant Decision Maker will conduct further investigations.
You can refer to the Fraud Reporting and Investigation Procedures on Billy Online for a list of Decision Makers and details on the investigation procedures.

Stopline is an Australian company which specialises in providing integrity/whistleblowing services. It has been operating for over a decade and assists listed and private companies, local, state and Commonwealth public sector bodies and not-for-profit organisations. Further details are available at www.stopline.com.au

No. Your call to Stopline can, if you wish, be anonymous and the staff of Stopline will not ask for any personal details. You may volunteer the information anonymously to Stopline if you desire or you can be overt. If you do not wish to remain anonymous, this information may be provided to the relevant decision maker at Parliament of Victoria. If you choose to remain anonymous Stopline will issue a confidential reference and password should you wish to seek the status of your disclosure at some later date.

Parliament of Victoria is committed to the protection of individuals making reports. Maintaining confidentiality is a crucial component of this protection. All disclosures will be treated with a high level of confidentiality. Parliament of Victoria has appointed Stopline to enhance confidentiality and anonymity within Parliament of Victoria with respect to fraud and corruption reporting.

If you feel you need legal protections, you can consider making a public interest disclosure instead of reporting through this service.

Stopline is an independent organisation with trained staff who will receive concerns about fraud, corruption and related improper conduct confidentially (anonymously if requested). Employees and Members can report in good faith, actual or suspected misconduct via telephone, email, internet or mail to Stopline. Stopline then provides the confidential information to the relevant decision maker at Parliament of Victoria. The program then has procedural requirements dealing with and finalising the outcome of the report.

You can contact Stopline when you have knowledge of any actual or suspected fraud, corruption, or related improper conduct by an employee, contractor or Member.

You can telephone the Stopline on 1300 30 45 50 (in Australia) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  A Stopline investigator will answer your call during business hours (0800 – 1800 Mon – Fri AEST).  Any messages left with our overnight team will be responded to within one working day. You can also send your disclosure via the internet (this website), email or mail.

The strength of Stopline is that all allegations will be professionally managed by trained Stopline staff. The experience of Stopline is that vexatious calls occur very infrequently. Stopline focuses on the message, not the messenger. Parliament of Victoria may decline to investigate the matter if satisfied that the disclosure is trivial, frivolous or vexatious.

Yes. You will be kept advised about the status of the report, decisions made regarding how the matter is to be handled, time-frames that apply and the result of any investigation and action taken. If you choose to remain anonymous, you will be issued with a confidential reference and password and must initiate contact through one of the methods listed on the home page to receive feedback.

Where a person who makes a disclosure is implicated in the misconduct, Parliament of Victoria will use all reasonable efforts to protect the individual from reprisals; however the act of reporting fraud, corruption or related improper conduct may not shield the person from the reasonable consequences flowing from any involvement in serious misconduct.