Cricket Australia accused of sacking woman for abortion rights tweets

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – A former Australia employee alleges she was sacked because she campaigned for improved abortion rights in and criticised the State Liberal Government on social media.

Angela Williamson, 39, was sacked from her job as Manager of public policy and Government relations at Cricket Australia following a tweet in which she labelled the Government “Gutless” for failing to ensure women had access to reproductive health services in the State, Fairfax reported on Monday (30).

Her lawyer, Kamal Farouque of Maurice Blackburn, told Guardian Australia that following the tweet on 14 June, she was sacked on 29 June.