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Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Victorian MP Anna Burke sent carbon tax death threats

Posted to Herald Sun (11/12/2011) on 12/10/2011 at 12:37 AM
Commenting on “Victorian MP Anna Burke sent carbon tax death threats”

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victorian-mp-anna-burke-sent-carbon-tax-death-threats/story-e6frf7jo-1226164146224

I'm shocked, not because of the death threat, but having her 12-year-old daughter opening mum's email.

Email sent to a MP should be treated with respect and in confidence. Was the email sent to her private email address or government address? If this is an email communication using government address and the content is read by someone other than Anna Burke, she would have breached the Privacy Act.

How can she guarantee that sender's email content is always kept confidential? Who else are allowed to read the email other than the 12-year-old daughter? Has anyone’s private information been compromised?

This matter is just as serious as the death threat, and should be raised in the Parliament. Anna Burke should come clean whether anyone's private information has been leaked or compromised.