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Shame on his employer for firing him. That's probably the shittiest behaviour here (which is saying something).

Yeah "They terminated him for lack of transparency and honesty", which is ridiculous since the opposite was the case. (He was being transparent and honest towards his employer that he is being investigated.)

Indeed. Does australia not have laws against wrongful termination?

We have (had?) good employee protections but these have been degraded over time especially in the lower end of the job market. The train union is fairly powerful, if he had completed his training the termination probably wouldn't have happened but trainees get less protections.

This poor bugger has only done "the right thing" at every stage and has been completely screwed for it. Shameful. Makes me ashamed to live here.

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