Local Victoria introduces new bill protecting sexual assault victims from further trauma in court Victims of sexual assault and family violence in Victoria will be better protected under new laws that ban traumatic cross-examinations.
News & Views ‘Full stop to sexual violence’: Full Stop Australia commemorates 50 years of operation Fifty years ago today, a group of volunteers gathered in a single room at the Sydney Women’s Liberation House in Glebe, to form the Sydney Rape Crisis Centre, now known as Full Stop Australia.
World ‘A determination to change things’: Gisèle Pélicot testifies in court for the first time After two months of reliving a decade of abuse in a public trial in France with the world watching on, Gisèle Pélicot has testified in court.
News & Views Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces 120 new sexual assault allegations Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing 120 further sexual assault lawsuits after an attorney revealed details regarding allegations of sexual assault.
News & Views Adam Charles Lusk found guilty of drugging and raping multiple women and girls A Perth father-of-two has been found guilty of drugging and raping multiple women and girls over an almost two-year period.
Politics Ex-CIA officer Brian Raymond sentenced to 30 years for drugging, sexually assaulting and filming women A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging, sexually assaulting and filming more than two dozen women.
News & Views Former bandmate files lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Dawn Richard has filed a lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, alleging he had physically abused women and financially exploited her.
News & Views Two women recount horrifying assault by Andrew Tate Two women have come forward to describe details of the sexual assault they faced from controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate.
News & Views What’s going on with the Swillhouse group? “Good times” and “devoted hospitality” are purportedly the core values of the Swillhouse hospitality group, which owns and operates six of Sydney’s most popular venues.
News & Views More than 1 in 5 Australians admit to perpetrating sexual violence since age 18, new data shows More than one in five Australians have admitted to inflicting some sort of sexual violence since turning 18, according to recent data.
News & Views Jarryd Hayne’s convictions of rape have been quashed. He could face a fourth criminal trial. The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction of former NRL player Jarryd Hayne, who was found guilty of sexual assault in April last year.
News & Views No legal action taken in 85 per cent of reported sexual assault incidents in NSW, report shows In NSW, only 8 per cent of contemporary child sexual assault incidents reported to NSW police end in a conviction.