High Court upholds sacking of public servant over tweets
Australian Government Solicitor 2019-08-07 5:13 pm By Amelia Birnie | Sydney
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The High Court has unanimously upheld the validity of the Australian Public Service code of conduct, after a former public servant mounted a freedom of speech challenge after being sacked for anonymously tweeting thousands of critical comments about government immigration policy and members of parliament.

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