This is not about referees, umpires or who else it is the controls a sporting match with a whistle, but about those who disclose government information. News Corp says that an Australian Law Commission report tabled in parliament wants to protect whistleblowers.

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into secrecy laws, tabled in Parliament today, says criminal sanctions should only be imposed when disclosure of government information is likely to harm essential public interests.

I think I'd have to agree. Whistleblowers are something that those in government hate, and those not in government love.