The prime minister has just proclaimed that he “condemns leaks in all circumstances”, according to Sky News.
Interesting, given that the coalition agreement (page 21) takes a rather different stance, promising that: “We will introduce new protections for whistleblowers in the public sector.” There hasn’t been much visible progress on this particular pledge since last summer.
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