A South Australian judge is being investigated by the Judicial Conduct Commissioner over an allegation of sexual harassment.
The Judicial Conduct Commissioner says he has received a complaint about the conduct of a serving judgeA magistrate was removed from office in November over allegations of sexual harassmentBut Commissioner Michael Boylan KC has granted the ABC permission to publish the fact he has received a complaint "about the conduct of a serving judge"."I am now conducting a preliminary examination of the complaint.
"That examination is in its early stages, and it is inappropriate for me to say anything further about it now." State Courts Administrator Penny Croser said the wellbeing of staff was a priority and measures were in place to ensure employees felt safe to raise matters of concern.South Australian magistrate Simon MilazzoA report by a judicial conduct panel tabled in state parliament found the former magistrate engaged in inappropriate behaviour with sexual connotations relating to four associates over years.He denied he had committed any improper conduct by way of sexual harassment.
The complaint came to light during a survey conducted as part of a review into sexual harassment within the South Australian legal profession.found the legal profession had a "patriarchal and hierarchical culture"About 42 per cent of 600 respondents reported they had experienced sexual or discriminatory harassment at work, one-third of whom experienced it more than once.
The issue of sexual harassment in the Australian judiciary was given prominence after the high-profile investigation into former High Court justice Dyson Heydon.
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