NSW sexual consent laws to be reformed
By Lauren Croft|26 May 2021
In a massive step forward for NSW, Attorney-General Mark Speakman has just announced the reform of sexual consent laws.
The announcement comes after the NSW Law Reform Commission (LRC) published a report last November analysing the NSW consent laws. The current laws will be strengthened and simplified in response to increasing calls across the community to protect victims and survivors of sexual assault.
The new stipulations mean that affirmative consent is now law: unless someone does or says something to communicate consent, they have not consented to sexual activity. Similarly, the accused person’s belief in consent will not be recognised by law unless they did or said something to establish consent. This also protects victims further by recognising the “freeze” response, whereby someone freezes and cannot communicate a lack of consent.
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Australia Passes Bill That Allows Government to Indefinitely Detain Refugees and Asylum Seekers
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2021-05-14 03:05:52 GMT2021-05-14 11:05:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, May 14 (Xinhua) The Australian parliament has passed laws that give the government the power to detain refugees indefinitely.
The governing coalition and opposition Labor Party on Thursday joined forces to vote the Migration Amendment Bill into law.
The laws give the government the power to detain indefinitely refugees who have had their visas canceled but cannot be returned to their country of origin because they would face persecution there.
Legal experts and the parliament s human rights committee have raised serious concerns about the legislation.
In a statement released on Thursday the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said the laws would cause serious harm.