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Aussie Public Servant Criticises Gov't On Twitter, Gets Sacked
An anonymous reader writes "An Australian public servant who criticised the government on Twitter has been sacked even though she did not reveal her name or her job to her readers. Federal Judge Warwick Neville told her Australians had no 'unfettered implied right (or freedom) of political expression.' Unlike Americans, Australians have only limited rights to Free Speech. The new ruling makes means public servants cannot criticize the government on social media, even privately and in their own time."
Well, in the US, if an officer in the military criticizes the administration, they can be fired or even charged under the UCMJ. So we're not that far off from the Aussies...
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Purely out of curiosity, are you familiar with the case you're referencing?
Because a mother losing her baby daughter to a dingo attack and then being falsely convicted of her murder (with the outlandish suggestion it was a cult sacrifice from certain media outlets) hardly seems the subject for humor. In terms of justice the initial trial was comparable to the Salem witch trials complete with racism, bad forensics, mishandled evidence, dubious expert witness testimony, religious hatred, and a large dose of media sensationalism. The mother did several years of a life with hard labor sentence before she was finally exonerated. It's the Lindy/Azaria Chamberlain case for the record.