Jarryd Hayne Wins Appeal
Jarryd Hayne has had his sexual assault conviction quashed on appeal and a retrial has been ordered. The former football star was convicted last year of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, which is also known as sexual assault. ...
Sexual Violence Supports Need Strengthening, Say’s Full Stop Australia’s Hayley Foster
The Australian Bureau of Statistics released data last week outlining that police agencies had recorded 53,570 sexual assault offenders over the ten years ending in June 2020, which included a 13 percent increase in the number of male offenders. This was...
PM Apologises Over Parliamentary Sexual Abuse Scandal
In parliament recently, embattled Prime Minister Scott Morrison said sorry to Brittany Higgins. “I am sorry. We are sorry. I am sorry to Ms Higgins for the terrible things that took place here. And the place that should have been...
Should Child Sex Offenders Be Allowed to Rely on Otherwise Good Character?
The weight given to character references as a consideration in sentencing is at the heart of a battle brewing in Tasmania between a victim of sexual assault and legal groups. The issue has come under the spotlight in the context of...
Coalition Targets Parliament Sex Scandal Whistleblower, Rather Than Its Own
For those who haven’t been watching, early last year federal parliament was rocked by the revelations around the Brittany Higgins sexual assault and its subsequent coverup, as well as the historical rape allegations involving now expired minister Christian Porter. Then, as...
Catholic Church Liable for Child Sexual Abuse by Priest
In what has been described as an Australian ‘legal first’, the Catholic Church has been found ‘vicariously liable’ for the child sexual offences committed by notorious Ballarat offender, priest Bryan Coffey, more than 50 years ago. Father Coffey was convicted...
Sydney Christian School Faces Fresh Allegations of Child Sexual Assault
The Anglican school at the centre of several child sexual assault allegations is on the wrong side of the law once again. A former pupil of Trinity Grammar School in Sydney has alleged that he was repeatedly sexually assaulted in...
Federal Politicians: Bogans, Boofheads, Bullies and Beers
The allegations made by Brittany Higgins about being sexually assaulted in parliament shocked the nation — including the Prime Minister himself, leading to calls for a investigation into the allegations as well as a broader inquiry into how a woman...
The Offence of Sexual Intercourse with a Child Under the Age of 10 Years in NSW
Another former Catholic Brother has been sentenced to imprisonment for multiple child sexual offences. Systemic sexual abuse The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard accusations against thirty brothers from Kendall Grange Special School for Boys in...
‘Silenced No More’: New Laws Prohibit the Silencing of Sexual Harassment
California has introduced a new law designed to bring all types of workplace harassment ‘out of the shadows’. Laws were introduced in California in 2019 which prevented employers from making employees sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), also known as confidentiality agreements,...
