Make a report to Stopline
Phone
1300 30 45 50 – Australia
Send an email to:
[email protected]
Make a report via your smartphone.
Post
Attention: Sydney Catholic Schools, c/o Stopline, PO Box 403,
Diamond Creek, VIC 3089, Australia
NRS - National Relay Service
The NRS is a vital service that allows people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment to make and receive phone calls.
Whistleblower Hotline
This website is part of the service provided by Stopline Pty Ltd to Sydney Catholic Schools people, contractors and other stakeholders to enable the reporting of any issue that may adversely affect Sydney Catholic Schools or its people or reputation. Further information on the sorts of matters that should be reported and the ways that they can be reported are found throughout this site. We encourage you to explore this site, where you will find access to the Sydney Catholic Schools Code of Conduct and answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the service provided to Sydney Catholic Schools by Stopline and how it works.
SCS Whistleblowers Process
The majority of concerns can be addressed effectively through a school or Sydney Catholic Schools (‘SCS’) office using the SCS Complaints Process.
However, SCS also now has an external Whistleblower service which allows you to bring forward a concern anonymously in the circumstances outlined below.
Who can make a Whistleblower report?
Current or former officers, directors, employees, students, parents/caregivers, volunteers, contractors/suppliers and their employees and a spouse or relative of any of the above or any other person who has reasonable grounds to make a report.
What matters can I report to the Whistleblower service?
You must have reasonable grounds to suspect that the information you are disclosing about SCS concerns:
- Misconduct
- An improper state of affairs or circumstances
This information can be about SCS, or an officer or employee of SCS, engaging in conduct that:
- breaches the Corporations Act or other financial laws enforced by Australian Securities and Investment Commission (‘ASIC’) and/or Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (‘APRA’)
- is an offence against any other law of the Commonwealth that is punishable by imprisonment for a period of 12 months, or
- represents a danger to the public or the financial system.
How do I make a report?
Stopline is an external Whistleblower service available via web, email, fax or phone:
- Online disclosure https://sydcatholic.stoplinereport.com/
- Phone – 1300 30 45 50 – Australia +61 3 9811 3275 – overseas
- Email to: [email protected]
- Post Sydney Catholic Schools IP, c/o Stopline PO Box 403, Diamond Creek, VIC 3089
- Fax ATTENTION: CASE MANAGER C/O Stopline +61 3 9882 4480
You are also entitled to Whistleblower protections if you report to an SCS Board Member, officer or senior manager, an auditor, actuary or regulatory authority.
How am I protected?
Stopline is an independent provider of Whistleblower services and will take full details of your concerns. This can be done anonymously.
You may ask Stopline or SCS to keep your identity, or information that is likely to lead to your identification, confidential. Generally, this information cannot be disclosed without your consent. However, SCS or Stopline may be required to report the information to ASIC, APRA, or the Australian Federal Police, or to a lawyer for advice about the Whistleblower protections. It is illegal for a person to reveal the identity of a Whistleblower, or information likely to lead to the identification of Whistleblower, outside of these circumstances.
Whether the matter your raise is substantiated or not, a genuine Whistleblower will not be penalised or personally disadvantaged or victimised for making a report in good faith.