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click here to read Reserves whistleblower quits Shell by Christopher Hope

“Mr Coopman rose to prominence when he compiled an internal status report that revealed the group had exaggerated its commercially exploitable oil and gas reserves by 2.3billion barrels (later increased to 4.47billion barrels).

He recommended in his review, carried out last autumn, that Shell was “under a legal obligation” to correct immediately the overstatement of the reserve. However Walter van der Vijver, the then head of exploration and production, replied to Mr Coopman in a now infamous e-mail: “This is absolute dynamite, not at all what I expected and needs to be destroyed.”

When the overstatement became public, both Mr Van der Vijver and Sir Philip Watts, chairman of the committee of managing directors at Shell, lost their jobs over the affair.”

click here to read Enron whistleblower leads ethical charge

“The former executive of the imploded giant United States energy trader now travels the world as a business ethics expert and public speaker, spreading cautionary tales of the corruption that led to Enron’s collapse in December 2001, leaving liabilities of around $US80 billion ($NZ119 billion).

Ms Brewer, a forensic accountant and legal professional, was one of three woman Enron employees who blew the whistle at much the same time on numerous examples of corrupt dealings, bank fraud, espionage, power price manipulation and over-exaggerations of the company’s financial position.

Now she is president of the Integrity Institute, a not-for-profit organisation that assesses the integrity of an organisation.

“I’m leading the charge to make the world a better place for institutional investors. We assess and certify integrity and consider how an organisation can communicate that is not an Enron. Financial statements can’t be trusted any more.”

click here to read ICAC considers whether to charge Carr with contempt

“The Premier, Bob Carr, may know today whether he will face contempt charges over comments made in defence of his former health minister, Craig Knowles.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption is inquiring into allegations that Mr Knowles bullied and intimidated nurses who blew the whistle on inadequate patient care at Camden and Campbelltown hospitals.”

Click here to read Knowles denies threatening whistleblower nurses

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A Stockbroker is threatening to shake up the financial services industry in Queensland.

He has stepped forward as a whistle-blower to voice support for a $200 million investor class action over the collapse of Australian Magnesium Corporation’s $1.7 billion Stanwell light metals plant last year.

Financial Class Actions (FCA) principal Roger Brown described the whistle-blower as “an immensely powerful witness” who had committed a “major act of bravery in this town” by coming forward.

“It has taken a long, long time to get this witness to come forward and he has some bombshell information,” he said.