South Australia's deputy premier has defended messages he despatched to the sufferer of a office assault.
The lady was assaulted by a colleague at Port Augusta Fireplace Station in 2018.
The male firefighter was discovered to have grabbed his feminine colleague by the again of the neck and pushed her to the bottom.
Yesterday the firefighter misplaced his two-year bid to have his dismissal overturned.
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On the identical day, Dan Van Holst Pellekaan, who's the sufferer's native member, reached out to the girl through textual content message and stated she should be "relieved" on the end result – however requested her to "spare a thought" for the perpetrator.
"It could be horrible if the influence was too nice for him to cope with," the deputy premier wrote.
Max Adlam, Secretary of the United Firefighters Union South Australia, stated right this moment the sufferer was upset by the message.
"The inference being that she's the explanation for all this, that she's at fault for all this," Ms Adlam stated.
Mr Van Holst Pellekaan later despatched one other message, then adopted up with a voicemail.
"I am happy for you that you just obtained the outcome again that you just requested for… There is not any drawback about that in anyway," he stated within the recorded message.
Nonetheless, he seems to once more ask the sufferer to think about the sentiments of her attacker.
"My concern is simply, placing all that apart, I might simply hate the influence to be too nice," Mr Van Holst Pellekaan stated.
Hearken to the voicemail under.
Ms Adlam stated the deputy premier didn't seem involved in regards to the sufferer's welfare.
Mr Van Holst Pellekaan has since issued a brief assertion.
"I reached out in assist of a constituent throughout a really tough time for her," he stated.
"On no account do I condone that sort of behaviour."
Premier Steven Marshall defended his deputy right this moment, saying he wouldn't have supposed to trigger any misery.
"He is obtained a coronary heart of gold, he definitely did not want to put any additional stress on this sufferer, he needed to assist the sufferer and he is conveyed that in an extra message to her," Mr Marshall stated.