Former High Court justice Dyson Heydon was found in an inquiry ordered by the High Court to have harassed six associates.Credit:Dean Sewell
The councilbelieves the coverage of the laws is"irregular,patchy or piecemeal"and"barristers and certain statutory office holders or appointees"are not"expressly covered".
The council also renewed its longstanding call for a federal judicial commission to receive and investigate complaints about judges at arm's length.
In a statement on Monday,the High Court revealed an internal investigation had concluded Mr Heydon sexually harassed six young women who worked at the court as judge's associates.
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AHerald investigationhas also brought to light allegations Mr Heydon sexually harassed young women while he was Trade Unions Royal Commissioner and at Canberra's exclusive Commonwealth Club where he stayed while he was on the High Court bench.
Mr Heydon’s lawyers,Speed and Stracey,said in a statement:"Our client denies emphatically any allegation of sexual harassment or any offence."
At present,complaints about federal judges including High Court judges must be made to the court,and may then be referred to the Attorney-General. Only Parliament has the power to remove a judge from office,on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity.