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News Items matching Sexual Offences

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Date: 09 Feb 2012, Filed under: Court Appearances, Resisting Arrest, Anti-Social Laws, Indecent Assault, Murder, Sexual Offences, Drug Offences, Weapons, Assault & Battery, Robbery & Theft, Drink Driving, Speeding, Drug Driving, Traffic Matters

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have released their report Recorded Crime - Offenders, 2010-11 outlining the nature of criminal offences in ...

Child protection allegations

Date: 05 May 2011, Filed under: Sexual Offences, Children

The Tasmanian Children Minister, Lin Thorp, has announced that the decision last year to release a public interest copy of the then-Commissioner for Children's...

Articles matching Sexual Offences

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Date: 16 Jan 2012, Filed under: Court Appearances, Anti-Social Laws, Sexual Offences

Throughout our daily interactions most of us probably don’t dwell too much on the words we use during our normal course of dealings, because why would...

Consent and rape

Date: 06 Jan 2012, Filed under: Court Appearances, Indecent Assault, Sexual Offences, Witnesses and Victims

When a matter is before the courts regarding the criminal offence of rape, a central element in regards to the offence is that of consent. All legal matters...

Evidence regarding complaints in sexual matters

Date: 05 Jan 2012, Filed under: Court Appearances, Indecent Assault, Sexual Offences, Witnesses and Victims

Matters which have a sexual component is arguably one of the most difficult areas of criminal law. We don’t mean to diminish the gravity of other crimes,...