Defence Department cracks down on office extremists

[Uncle88]

Public servants in the Defence Department have been banned from associating with extremist political groups, at work and in their spare time.

The department's employees will also be expected to dob-in colleagues they suspect of dabbling in extreme ideology.

Defence boss Dennis Richardson told his 21,000 civilian bureaucrats last year that their private political activities could now result in them being punished under the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct.

The move extends bans already in place on Australian Defence Force members belonging to groups that hold views that are extremist, violent, bigoted or discriminatory.

Anybody caught in defence workplaces advocating supremacist views or with material that is offensive or belittling to minority groups will be in trouble, staff have been warned.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service/defence-department-cracks-down-on-office-extremists-20150120-12tu9s.html

[Rev.Cambeul]

I've been aware of this as the unofficial policy of the Department of Defence since the time when I was a soldier in the 80's. By that stage, the army was so politically correct, that if you were caught listening to the wrong music, wearing an article of the wrong clothing, saying the wrong thing or presumed to be thinking the wrong thing, even the mere act of getting a harmless run-of-the-mill tattoo was enough reason for them to come down on you. After leaving the Australian Army, I worked for the Brisbane City Council in the 90's (for those that don't know, Brisbane is the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland); they were a bit more relaxed, but the same unwritten politically correct standards remained. Less than ten years ago, I worked for the South Australian state government and it's the same old crap, different day; the difference being that the political correct standards have become a written directive. I was hired for a month and it took two days for the higher ups to realise whom and what they'd hired ... I am already quite well known to the SA government, so it probably took that long for the various departments to trigger the alarm bells and trade the relevant information and discuss the termination of my employment. They eventually came to the conclusion that it's better if I work out the remainder of the month than to risk a law suit should they terminate my employment based on written standards of political correctness that do not specifically state particular morals, behaviour or thoughts - social, political or religious - for which an employee can be immediately terminated. That, and it really was just a pamphlet they liked to put out to all SA government employees, which was merely suggested reading rather than required reading as per an employment contract. So, even though one of the top managers appeared at my place of employment to dig for dirt and did not manage to find a single speck, I was let go at the end of the month with the promise from my immediate supervisor that I would promptly be hired on an extended contract. I assured him that nobody in the SA government would ever make the mistake of hiring me again; I'm just too well known. ... And time has proved me correct.

So, in short, I am well aware of the politically correct methods used by government agencies and employers in the public sector - written and unwritten, legal and pseudo-legal. We have Creators - Members and Supporters of the Church of Creativity in every tier of the Australian government, including a number of whom are civilian employees of the Department of Defence and others that currently serve in the Australian Defence Force. However, unlike me, their names remain unknown to their politically correct overlords; and that is the way it will remain, as they rise through the ranks and position themselves ready to assist the Church of Creativity, however and whenever it is needed.

That friends, is how WE WILL WIN THIS RACIAL HOLY WAR.

RAHOWA!

@Cailen.

[Br.IanVonTurpie]

It is Australian workplace law in any workplace that any form of harassment and discrimination based on :- sexuality, religion or race isn't tolerated. This is classed as "bullying" the Fairwork department can fine both your boss and who ever is doing the "bullying".There needs to be proven documentation and ongoing "bullying" to be prosecuted.

Who ever gets "bullied" can go to the doctor and get a medical certificate for "anxiety" and launch a work cover claim that will keep the worker away from work and lose productivity and cause a costly exercise.

However it is a load of B/S that an employee can be disciplined at work just because he /she has friends with "extream views" and mixes with others in the community who are "extream minded and  opinioned".

There is freedom of association in most states if you can prove you aren't a "gang" or 3 or more people who do criminal things. Then you have to ask yourself "what are criminal things"? What is a gang?

* Could it be the soccer club is a "gang"?
* could it be the police are a "gang"?
*could it be members of cabinet are a "gang"?
*could the union be a "gang"?

Some states have an attourney general that decides what is a "criminal organisation".

However you can talk about current affairs in good context.