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NSW adopts affirmative consent in sexual assault laws. What does this mean?

  • Written by Rachael Burgin, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
NSW adopts affirmative consent in sexual assault laws. What does this mean?Saxon Mullins has fought for years to have affirmative consent added to rape laws.AAP/supplied

New South Wales Attorney-General Mark Speakman has announced a suite of reforms to consent law, following a two-and-a-half year review by the Law Reform Commission.

The review was prompted by survivor-advocate Saxon Mullins, who endured two trials and two...

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