Issue No 65 | 04 August 2000 | |
NewsWheels of Justice Slow as Reporters Walk
Justice slowed in the District Court and the Supreme Court of NSW yesterday as Court Reporters dropped pens and dictaphones to protest inaction by the Attorney-General's Department over staff numbers.
The Court Reporters - members of the Public Service Association (PSA) were protesting the shortage of Court Reporters staffing all the Courts. Maurie O'Sullivan, Acting General Secretary of the PSA, says the Attorney General's Department has refused to recruit the Court Reporters the PSA says are needed. 'Less and less Court Reporters are being told to do more and more". "Our members have continued to service the Courts while we have repeatedly asked the Department to appoint more Court Reporters. Many of them have become injured and sick trying to keep up with the workload. Yet still the Department refuses to listen and act responsibly". Maurie Sullivan says there is a staff shortage of at least 23 reporters at the courts. 'These employees aren't radical but have been driven to this action. There even seems to be some support from the judiciary for their position.'
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