AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2007
NSW: Iemma's office denies Wiki editing
EDS: Clarifying lead. Attention to language in third par
SYDNEY, Aug 24 AAP - The NSW premier's department denies instructing its staff to edit
an online encyclopedia to remove potentially damaging details on the Iemma government.
Fairfax reported today that someone using a computer in the department had edited a
Wikipedia entry on Premier Morris Iemma.
It alleged a reference was removed to an outburst Mr Iemma had at a media conference
last year, in which he called the then chief executive of Sydney's Cross City Tunnel a
f***wit.
But a spokesman for Mr Iemma today said no one in the office had ever been instructed
to edit the site.
He said 4,000 employees and 35 different departments used the same IP address.
"We have never heard of anyone editing it," the spokesman said.
"It's never been discussed."
It comes after reports that 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's nickname.
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KEYWORD: WIKIPEDIA IEMMA LEAD
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