Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person--
(a) makes a statement to an appropriate entity intending that it be acted on as a public interest disclosure; and
(b) in the statement, or in the course of inquiries into the statement, intentionally gives information that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty--167 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(2) The offence is an indictable offence.