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Challenges remain for sexual offence victims in court

For 40 years, lawmakers across Australia have advanced legislative reforms to improve the experience of victims in sexual offence trials. While some reforms have been effective, a study undertaken by the University of Wollongong and University of New South Wales found various court procedures still yield negative experiences for complainants. The Wire’s Sameen Arshad found …

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Lehrmann Retrial Abandoned

The case against Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping former Liberal party staffer Brittany Higgins at Parliament House, has been abandoned after a medical recommendation was made to not retry the case. Shane Drumgold, the ACT director of public prosecution was advised to drop the charges as it would cause an unacceptable risk to …

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