NSW: Iemma's office denies Wiki editing

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2007
NSW: Iemma's office denies Wiki editing



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The New South Wales Premier's Department denies its staff have edited Wikipedia pages
.. to remove potentially-damaging details on the IEMMA government.

A Fairfax website has reported someone using a computer in the department has edited
an entry on Premier MORRIS IEMMA.

It's claimed tehy've removed a reference about an outburst Mr IEMMA had at a media
conference last year .. where he called the then chief executive of Sydney's Cross City
Tunnel a f***wit.

But a spokesman for Mr IEMMA says no-one in the office has ever been instructed to edit the site.

It comes after reports staff in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet were found
to have made 126 edits to Wikipedia .. on subjects ranging from the children overboard
affair to Treasurer PETER COSTELLO.

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KEYWORD: WIKIPEDIA IEMMA (SYDNEY)

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