Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
16Reinstatement
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16 Reinstatement
If the Federal Court or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) is satisfied, on the application of a person (the applicant), that: (a) another person (the respondent) has taken, or is taking, a reprisal against the applicant; and (b) the applicant is or was employed in a particular position with the respondent; and (c) the reprisal wholly or partly consists, or consisted, of the respondent terminating, or purporting to terminate, the applicant’s employment; the Court may order that the applicant be reinstated in that position or a position at a comparable level.