Australian Border Force officials have been grilled over a shocking porn tweet on the commissioner’s account.
Roman Quaedvlieg’s official Twitter handle @ABFComm ‘liked’ a black and white porn clip showing a woman performing a sex act earlier this year.
The ABF quickly launched an investigation into the sexual post after questions from Daily Mail Australia on September 20.
But it can be revealed that despite a month-long investigation, bureaucrats still haven’t figured out who was responsible for the rogue ‘like’.
Australian Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg’s official Twitter account ‘liked’ a pornographic tweet
‘I think your c***’ likes me’: The suspect pornographic tweet, posted on July 16, was listed in the account’s ‘likes’
Under questioning from fired-up Labor Senator Kim Carr, ABF First Assistant Secretary Cheryl-Anne Moy admitted the department was still investigating.
Mr Quaedvlieg has denied liking the tweet, the hearing was told.
A total of six unnamed staff were authorised to use the Twitter account but not a single one had fessed up, the hearing was told.
‘The account is now locked down,’ Ms Moy said.
‘We are unable to identify at this stage the user of the account at this time, or whether in fact it was an official user.’
Senator Carr said it was a ‘pretty serious’ proposition that the account could have been hacked.
At one point he even sarcastically described it as a ‘hell of an investigation’.
The post that was liked was run by a user named @LadyMystique_01, which posts erotic messages and video.
‘I think your c**k likes me,’ the controversil post said.
Mr Quaedvlieg, pictured with a Vietnamese official, has denied being responsible for the post
Mr Quaedvlieg is seen here at a meeting with a Sri Lankan official in a Twitter photo
Ms Moy said the department had engaged Twitter and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) in its investigation.
‘It’s an investigation which is not necessarily something we can do ourselves,’ she said.
The Lady Mystique account described itself as ‘wild and free’ and ‘sinsational’.
The errant ‘like’ was removed within minutes of a call to a departmental spokeswoman.
The tweet saga came just days after US Senator Ted Cruz’s official account liked a pornographic video on Twitter. He said a staffer was responsible.