{"id":24886,"date":"2024-01-23T05:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T05:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=24886"},"modified":"2024-01-23T05:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T05:19:41","slug":"greens-welcome-long-awaited-sexual-violence-justice-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/greens-welcome-long-awaited-sexual-violence-justice-review\/","title":{"rendered":"GREENS WELCOME LONG AWAITED SEXUAL VIOLENCE JUSTICE REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on women Senator Larissa Waters<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Greens welcome Labor\u2019s long awaited announcement today for an Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry into how the justice system handles sexual violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe government doesn\u2019t have to wait for the ALRC to work with the states to deliver the funding needed for sexual violence support services across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany victim-survivors of sexual, family and domestic violence describe the court process as horrific and retraumatising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the past 18 months in particular we have seen high profile cases played out in court, with intense media coverage, and the impact those proceedings can cause for those individuals and all victim-survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know that an alarming number of people still disbelieve or victim-blame survivors of sexual violence. Partially because of this, almost 9 in 10 incidents of sexual assault nationally are not reported to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWork on prevention should mean addressing rape culture, through well funded and expert delivered consent and Respectful Relationships education in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo far we\u2019ve seen commitments from some state governments to strengthen the legal definitions of consent, and to make stealthing an offence. These are good steps forward, but we need to harmonise the laws to ensure everyone understands that only informed and enthusiastic consent means yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI salute the strength of anyone who seeks justice through the courts for sexual violence, as it is often retraumatising and horrific for all victim-survivors of gendered violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo change the unacceptable rates of sexual violence and end Australia\u2019s culture of sexual violence, harassment and abuse, we need to support victims to come forward, and dismantle the power imbalances and gender stereotypes that deter them from doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will be important to survivors that any ALRC recommendations are taken seriously and implemented promptly, they have waited long enough for a justice system that actually delivers justice for sexual violence survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe look forward to working with the government to identify problems with criminal justice responses to sexual violence and strengthen trauma-informed approaches and wrap-around services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on women Senator Larissa Waters said: \u201cThe Greens welcome Labor\u2019s long awaited announcement today for an Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry into how the justice system handles sexual violence. \u201cThe government doesn\u2019t have to wait for the ALRC to work with the states to deliver the funding … Continue reading “GREENS WELCOME LONG AWAITED SEXUAL VIOLENCE JUSTICE REVIEW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24887,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886\/revisions\/24887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}