[Imc-sydney] Government departments

[diet simon]

Post this! Give it to all the mainstream media!

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From: "Pyewacket Cat" <pyewacketcat at hotmail.com>
To: "Sydney Indymedia main list" <imc-sydney at indymedia.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:54 PM
Subject: [Imc-sydney] Government departments


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I have once again had some contact with a public servant who has had about 
80 pages from Sydney Indymedia placed on their personnel file. This person 
clearly did not write any of the articles. The only person they have been 
able to contact to refute this false allegation was Tom McLoughlin (Ecology 
Action) who wrote several of the articles attributed to the public servant. 
This is because most Indy writers use a nom de plume, fearing just this kind 
of retaliation. Tom kindly wrote a message for the government department 
concerned stating that the articles were written by him, not the public 
servant, and that over 6 years of involvement in Sydney Indy, Tom has never 
heard of this particular public servant. He gave them his mobile phone 
number. The public servant (he or she, non-identification is crucial for 
their continuing employment) sent this letter by Tom McLoughlin to the 
Department together with a request under FOI legislation for the items from 
Sydney Indymedia to be removed from their personnel file. They refused, 
again stating falsely that the public servant was the author of all the 
articles collected on their file. I think Tom is one of those excellent 
people who climbed the Opera House and protested against the war in Iraq. 
Maybe they're saying this public servant is consorting! Two of the stories 
by Tom the government department claims were written by this person were 
"Indonesia-Papua Financial Underpinning of Gangster Protection Racket", 
"Greens: Australia still bludging on foreign aid" and dozens more by Tom. 
Also, comments and articles probably written by some or all of you. This 
shows what a disgusting government we have in this state. This person's 
personnel file looks like a KGB file on all of us. It wouldn't be far wrong 
to call this behaviour evil.

Pyewacket
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