The moment, I hope things are improving and people become more involved and don't stand for this ..., things like these pop up as a form of disillusionment.

Her mistake I guess was contacting the minister or the minister's circle, who are probably in on this?

P.S. It seems the whistle-blower protections in Australia are ... lacking to say the least. Anyone care to pitch in? I can find a bunch of articles with horror stories.