Latest sexual assault

The Bar 15 April 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonJudge rules on Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial

The Federal Court has ruled on whether Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.

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Big Law 05 March 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonA District Court judge says there is a possible “endemic” of...

A District Court judge says there is a possible “endemic” of prosecutors abandoning rational and professional...

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Big Law 29 January 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonNew SA child sex offending laws ‘dangerous’, advocacy group says

A proposal by the South Australian government to lock up repeat child sex offenders “forever” has been slammed by...

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Podcast 21 July 2023 ByRobyn TongolUnveiling the complexities of jurors in sexual assault trials

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Naomi Neilson sits down with author Claire Baylis to delve into her...

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Big Law 02 May 2023 ByJess FeyderA-G commits $14.7m to improving sexual assault laws

Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has committed $14.7 million to improving sexual assault laws and the justice...

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Politics 24 October 2022 ByJess FeyderMany aspects of sexual assault law are ‘broken and wrong’

In conversation with Grace Tame, Sydney lawyer Michael Bradley recently discussed the sexual assault legislative reform...

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Big Law 21 October 2022 ByAdam Thorn and Jerome Doraisamy‘David and Goliath battle’: Passengers sue Qatari airline and...

Five women, who were passengers on an October 2020 Qatar Airways flight, and some of whom were subjected to invasive,...

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Politics 05 August 2022 ByJess FeyderNew legislation to ‘make it clear there is no place for sexual...

The Andrews government has introduced new sexual violence legislation that aims to shift scrutiny from victim-survivors...

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Big Law 04 April 2022 ByLauren Croft‘More work must be done to prevent this abhorrent behaviour’

Following the release of a damning survey from Universities Australia that revealed high numbers of sexual assaults, a...

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Big Law 10 February 2022 ByNaomi NeilsonWA Law Reform Commission to review sexual assault laws

Western Australia’s Law Reform Commission and the Department of Justice have been tasked with reviewing the state’s...

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