Naming of a political blogger by the OO

[Jovial Monk]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 5929679443

A somewhat worrying development.

[IQSRLOW]

He should be sacked immediately

[Jovial Monk]

Wow, no reply to this? This is a political board??

[Sappho]

Well, now you know why I don't tend to comment on political topics... just read them.

[boxy]

He should be sacked immediately

Hardly...

... working in the film section of the former Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts.

... perhaps if he was in Treasury, or something. But as long as he retires this pseudonym, I see no harm. The rules are there to stop public servants speaking their personal opinion as if it were PS policy, not to stop them having an opinion. He did all he could to divorce himself from his position when speaking his opinion.

[freediver]

Not sure why it is so worrying. He basically outed himself.

[Jovial Monk]

No, an OO reporter outed him—probably just to get lefties and bloggers frothing at the mouth all clicking on the OO and giving Rupe some ad money. But there was no public interest served outing Greg so one is left to infer the OO has a further motive.

[freediver]

Mr Jericho, who was the subject of intrigue at the Media 140 conference in Canberra last Thursday as an "embedded" but anonymous blogger, wore a nametag that gave his first name but not his last.

[Jovial Monk]

Possum’s take on it: Gibbons throwing poo.

[Jovial Monk]

Grog is posting again!

First new post a cracker: Abbott auditions for the role of Captain Rambo Mainwaring