Judges deserve pay after social extradition: Senator

A QUEENSLAND senator has spoken out against proposals to dock judges’ pay and superannuation, claiming any plans to do so misunderstand what it is judges actually do — and on what they…

Lawyers Weekly • 25 February 2005 • NewLaw

A QUEENSLAND senator has spoken out against proposals to dock judges’ pay and superannuation, claiming any plans to do so misunderstand what it is judges actually do — and on what they miss out.

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Liberal senator Santo Santoro said claims that judges pay and superannuation exceed a ‘community standard’ ignore the “vital role” they have in ensuring the highest judicial standards and the integrity of the law. “We have to understand as a community what it is that judges do — and what it costs them to do it,” he said.

Santoro said that in addition to a heavy workload, judges had to accommodate themselves to the significant loss of social opportunity that came with being detached from the community.

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“The people deserve justice delivered effectively, efficiently, with scholarship and learning, and with scrupulous fairness. To achieve these objectives, judges must lead what is in effect a very reclusive lifestyle and so much their families.”

Santoro condemned state Labor leaders who want judges’ superannuation slashed, arguing it is a wrong move. Many judges “lose” money when they go to the bench from the bar, he said. .

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