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South Australia’s Judicial Conduct Commissioner should be handed the power to investigate MPs accused of misconduct, including sexual harassment, the state’s anti-corruption commissioner has recommended.
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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.
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A sitting South Australian judicial officer has been accused of harassment, the Equal Opportunity Commissioner has revealed, after a respondent to the Commission’s recent inquiry into the state’s legal profession refuted a published claim that only former officers were accused of problematic behaviour.
South Australia’s chief justice Chris Kourakis says he was aware of allegations of sexual harassment and assault in the legal profession, but hasn’t been in a position to investigate the “open secret” for two decades.
South Australian judicial officers and senior barristers have been accused of “rampant” sexual harassment and assault in a damning report, which cited one magistrate allegedly messaging a lawyer during a court hearing to say he imagined them “kneeling between his legs at the bench”.
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has appointed her own Chief of Staff – a former NT Liberal politician – as the state’s new Equal Opportunity Commissioner, sparking criticism of a “political appointment”.
A state MP’s request for SA Parliament House to change its rules to allow breast and bottle-feeding in the chamber is still on hold after 18 months – despite it now being a recommendation of a recent damning review into sexual harassment at the North Terrace building.
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