Australia Post has sacked an employee for damaging its "public reputation" after he filmed truck drivers putting motorists' lives at risk by illegally running through a stop sign.
Joao Oliveira says he "tried to do the right thing" by blowing the whistle on the reckless behaviour earlier this year, after he and another motorist were "nearly taken out" by trucks exiting the Boud Avenue Mail Centre at Perth Airport.
Oliveira anonymously provided the footage to news.com.au after his internal complaints were ignored — but Australia Post quickly figured out who he was and sacked him last week following a disciplinary inquiry.
"I'm going to put in an unfair dismissal claim," Oliveira said. "I tried to warn them, but they didn't want to do anything about it. I thought I'd warn the public — it's reckless driving, a criminal offence. I thought I was bound by law."
Oliveira says he was "called a liar all the way" when he raised the issue. "They seemed to think it didn't happen," he said. "The official reason (for the dismissal) was basically for going to the media and bringing Australia Post into disrepute."