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Magistrates have expressed “enormous concern” about looming cuts to court programs that aim to stop drug dependent offenders or domestic violence perpetrators from reoffending, the state’s top judge has told a parliamentary committee.
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The Magistrate subject to misconduct complaints by five women can now be named, after he was today suspended from office while South Australia’s first judicial conduct panel investigates his alleged behaviour.
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South Australia’s top three judges have issued a stern reminder to court staff to report all harassment, insisting perpetrators will be “held accountable” for engaging in serious misconduct.
EXCLUSIVE: A serving Magistrate who is under investigation by the Judicial Conduct Commissioner for alleged sexual harassment has been directed by the Chief Magistrate not to continue sitting in court while the inquiry takes place.
EXCLUSIVE: South Australia’s Chief Magistrate will make a decision later today about whether a serving Magistrate will continue to sit while under investigation by the Judicial Conduct Commissioner for alleged sexual harassment.
EXCLUSIVE | A federal prosecutor has alleged she was made to feel like a “sexual object” after being repeatedly sexually harassed by a serving South Australian Magistrate, prompting the Judicial Conduct Commissioner and the Chief Justice to launch investigations.
