Labor is pushing for a full independent audit into social media accounts held by staff in the Premier’s office after a senior adviser’s resignation for trolling on Facebook.
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It comes as the Hobart lawyer who uncovered the situation questioned whether the incident was an isolated event or more widespread.
Martine Haley resigned from her $200,000-a-year job on Tuesday after she was found to have trolled a social media user from a fake account and sent comments on abortion made by the woman to her employer in an effort to put her job at risk.
The fake account, Alice Woods-Jones, had been removed from Facebook by Wednesday as had another account under the name Brent Smith which was highly critical of Labor policies during the election campaign.
Deputy Labor Leader Michelle O’Byrne said there needed to be a full independent review of all accounts linked to the Premier’s staffers to see whether there was behavior to that of Ms Haley.
She said it needed to be known whether any of these accounts attacked small businesses who expressed anti-pokies sentiments, like the Brent Smith account had.
“The profile left poor reviews on businesses who spoke out in support of removing pokies from pubs and clubs,” Ms O’Byrne said
She could not guarantee that Labor staffers did not possess social media accounts under aliases.
"We've certainly not got anyone who has been trolling; I can guarantee that," she said.
"There are people that have accounts that are not in their own name for entirely personal reasons.
“I’m happy to say that the leader’s office of the Tasmanian Labor Party has not been involved in trolling.”
Susan Fahey, who represented the woman attacked by Ms Haley, backed the idea of an audit.
“Given the importance of the office from which this act transpired, public expectation would be that a full audit of all social media and other online accounts of staff be conducted,” she said.
“The question of who else was involved or knew properly needs to be answered and addressed so as to protect or restore the integrity of that office.
A government spokeswoman said the matter has been investigated and was found to be an isolated incident.
“No other staff member was involved,” she said.