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Report Finds More Aussie Gov't Workers Misusing Internet

Posted by timothy on from the surely-that-would-never-happen-here dept.

destinyland writes "A new report to Australia's parliament announces a 54% increase in government workers misusing the internet. In fiscal year 2010, 313 different federal workers came under investigation for improper use of e-mail or the internet, up from just 202 in the previous year. The report — available online as a PDF file — also discovered that nearly half the investigated workers were in the Australian Tax Office, according to an Australian technology blog. 'Maybe it's just a case of particularly boring work making such distractions more attractive,' they suggest, since the report blames most of the discovered cases on one-time incidents of poor judgment."

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  1. Need to send a message by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    I demand the Australian Government sends a strong message that this won't be tolerated. They must dissolve the Australian Tax Office.

  2. Oh no. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    After years and years of abuse by the Australian government and the laws they made concerning it, now the internet also has to suffer the misuse by Australien government workers.

    Would someone please think of the electrons?

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  3. Re:What did we learn FTA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Memorize all your pr0n before leaving the house, and recall images as necessary.

  4. Re:What did we learn FTA? by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    What about those of us that DON'T have a pornographic memory?

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