Funny: OZschwitz official counselled after April Fools prank
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Subject: Funny: OZschwitz official counselled after April Fools prank Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:46 am
A DFAT employee was ordered to undergo formal counselling after telling a group of junior public servants they would be sacked in a cruel April Fools joke.
But Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade boss Peter Varghese told a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday the misconduct was not a sackable offence and the executive level 1 officer still had a job with the department.
"I can say that it was a joke in very poor taste and I think it was unfortunate," he told Labor senator Anne McEwan.