Re: Patricks Train

tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:22:47 +1000

Rex wrote in message <6h0voq$ooi$2@news.mel.aone.net.au>...

>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.

It would not be illegal to post the details as long as it didn't contain
any personal details.

If corrigan supplied reith with a payslip that probably would be
illegal, though reith was probably lying as to what it was or what was
on it.