Judges are having to go back and listen to audio recordings of court cases because they do not trust the “often poor” quality of legal transcriptions after the service was outsourced by the Queensland government. #auspol #ausvotes The chief justice, Tim Carmody, said mistakes by Auscript – a Liberal national party donor which won a contract to transcribe hearings in 2012 – were delaying appeal decisions and creating more work for judges. The judge’s criticism – contained in the supreme court’s annual report 2013-14 tabled in parliament on 19 December – followed state opposition claims that the cost of court transcripts had jumped by 73% after privatisation. theguardian/australia-news/2015/jan/02/chief-justice-criticises-often-poor-court-transcriptions-since-outsourcing
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