The NSW Department of Education is gauging what information and resources families want so they can discuss sensitive issues like sex,consent and peer pressure with their children at home.
Active steps will need to be taken to obtain sexual consent under new Victorian laws,after a sweeping review found victim experiences in the justice system were “horrifying”.
Greens MP Jenny Leong sponsored the petition with support of government MP Felicity Wilson and Labor’s Marjorie O’Neill.
The online event will involve a significant gathering of high-profile ministers,rights groups and curriculum authorities to discuss sex and consent education reform in light of Chanel Contos’ petition.
There were high hopes for this week’s women’s safety summit amid a national conversation about the treatment of women. Now the hard work begins on turning the talk into a plan for action.
In sexual assault cases,establishing consent remains the most vexed issue of all – as shown at the trials involving high-profile NRL player Jack de Belin.
Grace Tame will push for all states’ laws to include the same definitions for consent and grooming to make sure there aren’t “knowledge gaps” that enable perpetrators.
Grace Tame disclosed her story to issue an urgent call for better education on consent and respect to prevent violence and abuse against women.
The Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes is set to receive a crucial report next month recommending the state widely embrace restorative justice for victim-survivors of sexual assault. What does it look like in practice?
Victoria’s attorney-general and police have backed reform ahead of a critical report likely to recommend restorative justice for sexual assault victims.
Sexual assault-survivor advocates including the Victims of Crime Commissioner believe laws that allow for interpretation of victims’ actions should be upgraged with “affirmative consent”.