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Schools in WA joining women’s empowerment campaign
A campaign in Western Australia is raising awareness, teaching women and girls about respect and consent. The campaign ‘We are......
Sex trafficking trial gives Australia a chance to learn
Former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted last year of recruiting and grooming girls for sexual encounters with her then......
New affirmative consent law passes in NSW Lower House
The NSW Lower House has passed a new Affirmative Consent law in a welcome move by sexual assault survivors and......
Teenagers don’t know if they can say ‘NO’
A recent study done by the Commissioner for Children and Young People was released this week and there were startling......
“Yes means yes” in NSW consent law reform
This Tuesday the New South Wales government announced landmark reforms to sexual consent laws by adopting the affirmative consent model,......
What the milkshake consent video says about Australian sex education
With the issue of consent in the spotlight following revelations of workplace culture in Canberra, the government’s attempt at raising......
Children aged 10 in the Brisbane Watch house
The disturbing stories of children, some as young as 10, kept in Brisbane watch houses for weeks seem to continue......
Image Based Abuse: Study Finds One in Ten Australians Have Been Perpetrators
Researchers at RMIT University surveyed 4200 people aged 16 to 49 years old and found that nearly 9% of respondents......
Controversial adoption laws passed in NSW
New laws, which will allow children in foster care to be adopted without parental consent, were passed in the New......