Bureaucrat loses landmark case over tweets in Australia

SYDNEY, Aug 07 (BBC): Australia's highest court has made a landmark ruling that a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.
Michaela Banerji was fired in 2013 for her criticisms - expressed under a pseudonym - of the nation's controversial immigration programmes.
The court rejected her claim that she had been denied a right to free speech.
The ruling could have far-reaching implications for employees who express political views, lawyers say.
Ms Banerji had been working for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, now part of the Department of Home Affairs.