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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Judge stands aside in ANZ pregnancy discrimination case after ‘candid’ comments revealed

A pedestrian is reflected in the window of a branch of ANZ Bank.
A judge hearing a discrimination case brought by an ANZ employee has agreed to step aside after her private comments about the case were inadvertently shared with the employee. Photograph: Steven Saphore/Reuters

A judge hearing a discrimination case brought by a mother against a bank has stepped aside after being inadvertently recorded making remarks about the matter, described as “inappropriate” by the woman’s lawyer.

Judge Pamela Jenkins was sitting in the Victorian and Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) remotely earlier this year when she made the remarks to another judge who was observing the case.

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