(a) a person who at any time has entered into a contract with a public body for the supply of goods or services to, or on behalf of, the public body; or
(b) an employee of the contractor; or
(c) a subcontractor engaged by the contractor to fulfil all or part of a contract with a public body for the supply of goods or services to, or on behalf of, the public body;
corrupt conduct means –
(a) conduct of a person (whether or not a public officer) that adversely affects, or could adversely affect, either directly or indirectly, the honest performance of a public officer's or public body's functions; or
(b) conduct of a public officer that amounts to the performance of any of his or her functions as a public officer dishonestly or with inappropriate partiality; or
(c) conduct of a public officer, a former public officer or a public body that amounts to a breach of public trust; or
(d) conduct of a public officer, a former public officer or a public body that amounts to the misuse of information or material acquired in the course of the performance of their functions as such (whether for the benefit of that person or body or otherwise); or
(e) a conspiracy or attempt to engage in conduct referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , or ;
(c) discrimination, disadvantage or adverse treatment in relation to a person's employment, career, profession, trade or business, including the taking of disciplinary action; and
(d) threats of detrimental action;
disclosed matter means a matter disclosed in a disclosure determined under Part 5 or 8 to be a public interest disclosure;
(a) in relation to a public body, the Minister responsible for the public body; or
(b) in relation to a public officer, the Minister responsible for that public officer;
State-owned company means a company incorporated under the Corporations Act that is controlled by the Crown, a Government Business Enterprise or a statutory authority or another company that is so controlled;
statutory authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, that is established or constituted by or under an Act or under the Royal Prerogative, being a body or authority which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another statutory authority but does not include an agency.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the general manager of a council is taken to be the chief executive officer of a public body in relation to an employee of that council.