BAZZ I read that in twenty years, under current law, we will all be able to claim aboriginality lol!

"Scott McIntyre, freedom of Speech martyr or dumbass?"

He exemplifies the intellectual elitism and snobbery of the extreme leftists: crass, patronising, emotional, error-ridden, hypocritical and cringe-worthy.

It is in the tradition of tiresome leftist bores like Phillip Adams. Many of whom manage to swing from the taxpayer's teat through being cosseted by the taxpayer-funded* ABC (*to the tune of $1.3 billion annually).

They know how to live the good life though. Where they are concerned it is different.

Shadow Minister, "If you have not seen the campaign from the left in the age, SMH, guardian, and every left whinge publication or blog in support of Scott McIntyre then you must have been asleep?

It was rather obvious.

If I understand the SBS press release there's a code of conduct attached to their employee's contracts which makes certain stipulations about social media use and public statements outside work hours. McIntyre defied the code of conduct which is a term of his contract and was sacked as a result, it happens every day in the corporate world.

"McIntyre defied the code of conduct which is a term of his contract and was sacked as a result, it happens every day in the corporate world"

Agreed.

Beach, I suppose you agree with the SBS 'Code of Conduct' without actually having laid eyes on it.

Strange that it was Turnbull who alerted The SBS chief to McIntyre's indiscretion. Who alerted Turnbull, and why wasn't it 'Right to be a Bigot' Brandis.

I found the following article on the subject, by Karl Quinn from the Herald, interesting.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/scott-mcintyre-being-sacked-by-sbs-is-a-dreadful-move-for-freedom-of-speech-20150427-1mu6re.html

Paul,
We don't have freedom of speech in Australia and it's illegal to insult or offend based on race, religion or national origin, McIntyre used the word White to describe the soldiers so his comments are covered by 18c.
If for example he or another journalist had made the same comments about Aboriginal or Jewish ANZACS the result would have been the same.