Momentum is growing across Australia for tougher action against sexual offenders

[professor rat]

So yeah, Julio - come back home asap.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-24/silent-treatment-of-sex-assault-victims-/101008326

widespread concerns about a lack of convictions.

Ms Yates said only 16 per cent of reported sexual assaults in Lismore, sorry, Canberra resulted in a charge.

And only 50 per cent of cases that went to court ended in a guilty verdict.

Change, however, may finally be approaching.

Next month, ACT Policing will begin a landmark review of sexual assault cases to try to answer a question many have asked: why are so few alleged offenders taken to court?