Australian jurisdictions are making strides to ensure consent means an active ‘yes’ rather than the absence of a ‘no’. But without better knowledge of these laws, they risk being just words on paper.
- Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland
Our research highlights the risks and challenges that must be worked through to align sexual consent laws across the states and territories.
The growth of online and space activity make traditional ideas of national security increasingly outdated.
There are calls for a new offence, to cover cases where an alleged offender engages in non-consensual sex through recklessness.
There are many legitimate reasons why survivors of sexual violence may not immediately report to police. But a delay in reporting, in itself, should not affect the credibility of the allegations.
The Law Reform Commission’s review is a missed opportunity for NSW to lead the way in making affirmative consent the law.
Queensland’s 120-year-old mistake of fact excuse allows defendants to argue they honestly and reasonably believed the other person consented to sex — even if they did not.
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