I knew a health bureaucrat in Brisbane in 2002 who made some comment that was unacceptable to the group and so no one included him in meetings for 2 years. For 2 years he had nothing to do, and because of the stress, he went on paid Stress Leave for 2 years. True. AO8/ $130k a year. Poor devil...and all for 'speaking out'.Tsk tsk.