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Latest news: Sexual assault

Goulburn man charged with rape of 15-year-old girl

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A 69-year-old Goulburn man has faced court charged with detaining and raping a girl in his care.

Campbell man charged with sexual intercourse without consent

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A 54-year-old Campbell man has been charged with one count of sexual intercourse without consent following an incident last weekend.

Jarryd Hayne claims rape conviction was ‘flawed’

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Jarryd Hayne is appealing his rape convictions that led to a five-year jail term on four main grounds in the NSW Supreme Court.

Phillip masseur to face court on sexual assault charges

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A 32-year-old man who worked as a masseur in Phillip, will face court today on two charges of sexual intercourse without consent for alleged separate incidents in February 2020 and last Friday, 15 October.

‘Uncomfortable’ tales show need for sexual consent reform

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Harrowing stories were read out in the NSW parliament on Thursday, as it accepted a petition to overhaul sexual consent education in schools.

Brief mix-up delays Brittany Higgins rape case

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The case against the man charged with raping Brittany Higgins has been delayed because his lawyer received the wrong brief of evidence.

20-year-old Acton man to face additional rape charge

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A 20-year-old Acton man will face charges following an alleged sexual assault in May 2021, including sexual intercourse without consent.

ACT first in country to make ‘stealthing’ illegal

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The ACT is the first Australian jurisdiction to criminalise ‘stealthing’ (non-consensual removal of a condom during sex).

ANU appoints Brittany Higgins to key women’s leadership role

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Former political staffer and women’s safety and equality advocate Brittany Higgins has been appointed as the inaugural Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University’s Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL).

Police seek to identify man involved in Ainslie shops sexual assault

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ACT Policing is seeking the public’s help to identify a man regarding a sexual assault alleged to have occurred at the Ainslie Shops.

20-year-old Acton man charged with two counts of rape

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A 20-year-old Acton man appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday charged following an alleged sexual assault in April 2021.

Grace Tame to speak on women’s safety

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Grace Tame will address a national summit on women's safety, after accusing Scott Morrison of using survivors' stories for political leverage.

Inquiry into Brittany Higgins put on hold

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The head of the prime minister's department has temporarily suspended his inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of Brittany Higgins.

Prince Andrew ‘likely to try to avoid testimony’

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Prince Andrew is likely to do anything he can to avoid giving evidence in a United States lawsuit filed by an American woman who alleges that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic say.

Man accused of Higgins rape to face court in ACT

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The man accused of raping former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins will face a criminal charge in an ACT court over the 2019 incident.

Sex assault caused frenzied murder: lawyer

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A murder-accused "freaked out" and stabbed his work mentor to death after waking to find the man rubbing his penis on him, a NSW jury has been told.
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