>> >tezza wrote in message <6giod5$2jv$1@nswpull.telstra.net>...
>> >>
>> >>David Proctor wrote in message <6ghau1$ae7$1@wbn.sydnet.com>...
(large snip)
>> >> >And the money they were on! For the job they did? It was pathetic!
tezza reasonably replies
>> >>Don't believe all you read.
David then answers
>> >I don't - I read a pay slip of a friend who is a wharfie (he also
>> believed
>> >they were overpaid and underworked).
tezza then asks
>> Tell us then - how many hours did he work and how much was he paid. It's
>> not an invasion of his privacy as we don't know who he is. A Driver can
>> also get $70,000 pa (old rates) if he works enough overtime, weekends
>> etc.
Eben says
>Yes it does. He has only given consent for Dave to read his pay check, not
>for him to post it on the net, even without names. It still comes under the
>privacy act.
So I say
OK. If what you say is true, was it legal for Reith to wave a wharfies pay
slip during question time quoting the figures off that slip. I wonder where
he got it from. Don't you think it would be if not downright illegal then at
least morally wrong for the company to supply the slip to the government.
Your answer will be interesting.
>>
>
>--
>Bye for now,
>Eben.
>
>http://www.klever.net.au/~ebenlevy/
Cheers
Rex