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.
News & Views Cassie speaks out after Diddy assault video, urging supporters to believe victims ‘the first time’ Singer Casandra Ventural Fine has spoken out after security footage was released depicting Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs assaulting her.
News & Views Queensland MP Brittany Lauga closes electorate office due to ‘safety concerns’, weeks after alleged drugging and sexual assault Queensland state MP Brittany Lauga has closed her electorate office in Yeppoon, on the Queensland central coast, following “several threatening and offensive safety concerns” targeted at her staff.
News & Views Sean “Diddy” Combs apologises for violent attack against former girlfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs has apologised for his violent actions in an Instagram video, describing them as “inexcusable.”
News & Views Our courts need to send a consistent message about alcohol, consent and sexual violence We need to educate the community on the link between alcohol and sexual violence, and it starts with the courts sending a clear message about consent.
News & Views Spanish prosecutor seeks jail term for Luis Rubiales over unsolicited kiss Luis Rubiales is staring down the barrel of a lengthy prison sentence if he is convicted for kissing Jenni Hermoso against her will.
News & Views A student ombudsman will make students safer. Can we finally end rape on campus? The work to establish an independent student ombudsman started a very long time ago by a group of activists who refused to give up.
World E Jean Carroll suggests she will fund ‘something Trump hates’ after $83 million defamation ruling E. Jean Carroll says she’ll use the $83 million in damages she was awarded by a jury to fund “something Trump hates”.
Local New inquiry aims to improve how justice system responds to sexual violence The Australian government has asked the ALRC to make an inquiry into the justice system experience of victims of sexual violence.