[LINK] High Court says - Public servant? Please step into the shadows ...

[Nic English]

Dear Linkers
Is it OT or just an unlinking? Lucky no one debated the merits of the NBN here. 

“But both agreed with the majority that the public sector gag was “reasonably necessary and adequately balanced” given the legitimate purpose of ensuring an apolitical public service.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/07/high-court-rules-public-servants-can-be-sacked-for-political-social-media-posts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Such is the way we measure progress ... good to know there will no longer be public servants attending public demonstrations or publishing critical analysis, rational or reasonable, in ANY domain?!
 - unless they are directed by current policy?!
- how do ministerial advisers or external consulting groups sit here?! (Oh yes they’re ‘apolitical’ for the life of their contract?)
- is to be part of a debate an apolitical act?
- so the constitutional requirement of an apolitical public service is limited to those as defined by the PS Code of Conduct
- does ‘at all times’ expire before, during, after ones agreeing to the Code?

For those ‘former’ linkers who have shared your silence is valued as strengthening our proud democracy.
:=(

Nicholas English
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There will always be a market for tin foil hats while we have electricity ... do we have electricity?!