I have an email in my inbox from a serving RAAF member. One of the forwarded messages is from a RAAF officer stating that it is inappropriate to comment on the matter. The reply from the subordinate asks if they can comment if they're not identified as a RAAF member and the answer is an unequivocal 'no'.
Is it a lawful order? I don't know and i don't care. It's still a direction and one that many subordinate RAAF members would be reluctant to challenge if they thought they were in the right.
How would the RAAF know? In all probably they wouldn't....but that doesn't mean that someone, somewhere won't end up finding out and/or working it out and causing heat for the subordinate.
I must admit that I'm a little surprised by this statement CSD:
Aren't serving members citizens, with voting rights, rights of free speech etc?
I would have thought that you of all people would understand that the DFDA puts a lot of restrictions on ADF members that aren't placed on the rest of society.