Health officials condemn mandatory reporting of underage sex in the NT

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Mandatory reporting of underage sex in the Northern Territory has public health officials to joining their voices in protest. Changes in the law mean that everyone – doctors, nurses, brothers, sisters, friends… are all required to report underage sex, even if it’s consensual. The law was enacted in December last year, but health officials have been protesting the changes ever since.

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Monday, May 11 2009
Produced By Shevonne Hunt
Featured in storyDuncan McConnel- President of the Northern Territory Law SocietyIrene Fisher - CEO of Sunrise Health in the Northern Territory Jane McQueen-president of the Northern Territory branch of the Public Health Association of Australia
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