Transport corruption reporting platform
Transport for NSW has no tolerance for fraud and corruption. Our reporting platform makes reporting instances of misconduct or wrongdoing simple and anonymous.
Transport's reporting platform is available 24/7 to raise a concern or make a complaint.
Our stance
Transport for NSW has zero tolerance for fraud and corruption.
We expect all our staff to behave lawfully, ethically and with integrity at all times. Staff are not permitted to accept bribes or inducements (no matter how trivial these may be), or to act dishonestly or partially as public officials.
It is also Transport’s policy to report to the police any customers who might offer inducements or bribes to staff to act dishonestly.
Transport strongly supports disclosures being made by people regarding unethical, dishonest and/or corrupt conduct.
When to speak up
Sometimes we see something that doesn’t seem quite right. If you suspect wrongdoing in the workplace, you should report it as soon as possible. Our people are our greatest asset and this is especially true when it comes to reporting wrongdoing. We can’t take action on wrongdoing if we don’t know about it, so we encourage you to report anything you see or hear that doesn’t seem right.
It is important to understand that if you believe the wrongdoing you are concerned about involves unethical behaviour, dishonest or corrupt conduct, you have to report it.
Serious wrongdoing
Serious wrongdoing includes:
- corrupt conduct
- serious maladministration
- serious and substantial waste of public money
- a government information contravention
- a privacy contravention
- a local government pecuniary interest contravention.
Who can make a report?
All Transport employees, consultants, contractors, subcontractors and volunteers can report suspected serious wrongdoing via the Speak Up reporting platform, your manager, or a disclosure officer.
In addition to Transport’s employees and contingent workers, this also applies to other individuals who are considered public officials, such as contractors, subcontractors and volunteers, who are engaged to deliver services on behalf of the organisation or exercise the functions of behalf of the relevant agency.
If you are a member of the public and you believe an employee, contractor, subcontractor or volunteer, or someone we do business with is behaving inappropriately, is involved in unethical behaviour, dishonest or corrupt conduct, we encourage you to report it.
Public interest disclosures
A ‘PID’ is a Public Interest Disclosure, which means it is a report made by a public official about serious wrongdoing in the NSW public sector. For a report to be a PID it must have the features of a PID as defined by the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (the PID Act).
The PID Act is designed to protect people when reporting wrongdoing. This includes making it an offence to take detrimental action against a person in connection with a PID.
If your report has the features of a voluntary public interest disclosure, the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (PID Act) provides you with legal protections against detrimental action for making your report.
Making a report
There are a number of ways you can make a report:
- Write to us through our online form or the post
- Call us on 1800 814 813
- Email us at transportspeakup@transport.nsw.gov.au
Functions exercised on behalf of agencies
Agencies have an obligation under section 81 of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (the PID Act) to prominently publish on their website the details of any arrangement for an entity to exercise any function(s) conferred or imposed under the PID Act on behalf of the agency and any arrangement to exercise functions on behalf of another agency. Transport has entered into a number of such arrangements, the details of which can be viewed in the Section 81 notice.