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A South Australian Magistrate accused of sexual harassment is still working at the courts despite being asked by the Chief Magistrate to take leave while his alleged behaviour is investigated.
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A parliament-instigated inquiry into the prevalence of sexual harassment in South Australia’s legal profession is “unnecessary” and would hinder work already underway to address the issue, the SA Law Society claims, despite agreeing to cooperate with the investigation.
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The State Government has backed a call for an independent investigation into workplace harassment within South Australia’s legal profession – despite stalling the approval of and highlighting the expense of a similar inquiry into potentially inappropriate behaviour at Parliament House.
South Australia’s judicial leaders have met to discuss the issue of bullying and harassment in the legal profession following a call for an independent inquiry.
SA Best MLC Connie Bonaros will today call for an independent investigation into workplace harassment within South Australia’s legal profession, with the former lawyer saying she is “no longer willing to sit by” and let it continue.
Two experienced South Australian lawyers have been appointed new Judges of the District Court, as Judges Gordon Barrett and Susanne Cole depart.
The Labor Party has denied it ever officially endorsed reviving the practice of naming the state’s best barristers Queen’s Counsels, comparing the proposal to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s politically disastrous move to reinstate Australian knighthoods in 2015.
