<p>Knockers is used as a slang for a female breast. The public servant of the Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, was sacked after a software programme, called Spector360, was set up by the department to catch any use of the word "knockers", The Sydney Morning Herald reported Thursday.<br /><br />According to the Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, it had clear policies against the use of work computers for pornography and it regarded it as a "very serious matter".<br /><br />The Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism had always made it clear that it monitored computer use.<br /><br />The public servant argued in the Federal Court in Canberra that the searches by Spector360, while he was at home, were a "gross" breach of his privacy and the department had given him the laptop for personal use.<br /><br />"It may well be harsh - there will be those who think it inhumane - but that is not the requisite standard," the judge said.<br /><br />Justice Perram in his judgment said the senior public servant, who was also on an IT committee, should have been aware that he was being monitored. <br /><br />The judge dismissed his application and ordered him to pay the department's costs.</p>
<p>Knockers is used as a slang for a female breast. The public servant of the Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, was sacked after a software programme, called Spector360, was set up by the department to catch any use of the word "knockers", The Sydney Morning Herald reported Thursday.<br /><br />According to the Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, it had clear policies against the use of work computers for pornography and it regarded it as a "very serious matter".<br /><br />The Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism had always made it clear that it monitored computer use.<br /><br />The public servant argued in the Federal Court in Canberra that the searches by Spector360, while he was at home, were a "gross" breach of his privacy and the department had given him the laptop for personal use.<br /><br />"It may well be harsh - there will be those who think it inhumane - but that is not the requisite standard," the judge said.<br /><br />Justice Perram in his judgment said the senior public servant, who was also on an IT committee, should have been aware that he was being monitored. <br /><br />The judge dismissed his application and ordered him to pay the department's costs.</p>