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| Subject: Nice one: OZschwitz sailors sacked over racist and anti-Muslim Facebook posts Wed Apr 09, 2014 2:46 am | |
| Up to six Navy sailors have been sacked or ordered to justify their jobs over racist and anti-Muslim Facebook posts.
But despite suspicions raised by Fairfax Media in January, a formal investigation has found that no sailor belongs to the racist Australian Defence League.
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.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/sailors-sacked-over-racist-and-antimuslim-facebook-posts-20140408-zqsdv.html#ixzz2yMx3SvRI |
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