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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."
I have watched Australian Cop Shows and they just search cars, dig through pockets, and seize people's cars without the slightest regard to concepts such as probable cause, privacy rights, etc. Australia looks like an amazing country but legally it is a tin pot dictatorship. I think the only thing keeping it from being much worse is that the politicians weren't monsters. But if they were to elect some real monsters there is little protecting the people from them.