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why is Victoria fast-tracking reforms to sexual violence 'gag laws' and to what effect?

  • Written by Rachael Burgin, Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
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Changes to a Victorian law back in February made it an offence to publicly identify victim-survivors of sexual violence. These changes removed the capacity for survivors to give permission for their names or images to be published, as was the case under the previous law.

These “gag laws” were brought to light by the #LetUsSp...

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