https://www.policyforum.net/australias-free-speech-failure/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Mon, 19 Aug 2019 09:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://www.policyforum.net/australias-free-speech-failure/#comment-12317 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 09:57:22 +0000 https://www.policyforum.net/?p=35243#comment-12317 This blog post inaccurately states the law in Comcare v Banerji. Cursory understanding of the APS legislative framework shows that, far from blanket bans on political speech, public servants are given opportunities to be part of partisan policy work (such as the right of return to circumvent s 44 of the Constitution, and the entitlement to leave without pay to join a member of parliament’s staff).

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