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Top silks break ranks to back NSW plan to overhaul sexual consent laws We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A group of high-profile NSW barristers including former Commonwealth solicitor-general Justin Gleeson, SC, has thrown its weight behind a plan to overhaul the state’s sexual assault laws to emphasise the importance of seeking active agreement to sex. Former solicitor-General Justin Gleeson SC, pictured in 2016. Credit:Andrew Meares NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman announced last week that the state would...
MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 9:20 am on March 5, 2021 | 147 comments Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in deep, deep trouble. He thinks he’s fighting a culture war when things have moved far past that. Australia is now the in throes of a generational shift that is rendering the Morrison Government obsolete. It is under sustained attack, quite rightly, from an extraordinary alliance of alleged sexual assault victims and supporters, prominent women in the press, the legal profession, and all decent blokes as well. This is now a revolution not a political problem. Let’s ...