Good to see the military taking action. Pity George Brandis is not being sacked by Abbott.
Sailors sacked over racist and anti-Muslim Facebook posts
Up to six Navy sailors have been sacked or ordered to justify their jobs over racist and anti-Muslim Facebook posts...
...Chief of Navy Ray Griggs said in a statement on Tuesday that the investigation had found that “a number of personnel have … been found to have made inappropriate comment on social media or to have an affiliation with different social media groups that are not consistent with our values”.
“Several sailors have had their employment terminated or have been issued with notices of cause for termination,” Vice Admiral Griggs said.
“Others have received a range of disciplinary punishments or other administrative sanctions.”
It is understood that at least three, and possibly as many as six, sailors have been sacked or ordered to show cause whey they should not be sacked.
Fairfax Media revealed in January that a Navy member working on border protection duties had posted comments on the Facebook page of a friend who claimed to be a member of the Australian Defence League.
The friend had written that asylum-seekers whose boat had sunk were coming to Australia ''to jump on Centrelink and get free government housing''.
The navy member commented: ''I'm about to head out today to deal with these f---ers.''
Vice Admiral Griggs said sailors should be proud to identify themselves as Navy members on social media sites but the job carried “responsibility to act in accordance with our values and behaviours at all times”.
Navy has a strict social media policy that bans personnel from posting offensive material based on “personal traits, attributes, beliefs or practices that exploit, objectify or are derogatory of gender, ethnicity or religion”, Vice Admiral Griggs said.
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