Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 22 November 2011:

In regard to the Facebook page entitled 'Steve Austin' (the webpage) which targeted serving gay and lesbian Defence members and to which current and serving members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) subscribe or contributed:

(1) On what date were all persons targeted and named on the webpage advised of the fact by the ADF.

(2) Has the Minister been briefed on the anti-Semitic and Nazi linkages connected with the webpage.

(3) Are persons who were targeted by the webpage required to continue working with Defence members who subscribed or contributed to the webpage.

(4) Has the ADF warned its members to 'check their privacy settings' when joining webpages that might be regarded as hate and vilification sites.

(5) Is there a list of words and expressions that are vilifying, insulting , racist, sexist or homophobic that are explicitly prohibited from being used by Defence members.