Why NSW’s sexual consent review must confront the limits of ‘consent’ itself

The NSW Department of Communities and Justice is currently conducting its statutory review of the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Consent Reforms) Act 2021. This review asks whether the 2021 ‘affirmative consent’ reforms to the Crimes Act 1900 are working as intended and whether further changes are needed. Our formal submission to the review is necessarily … Continue reading Why NSW’s sexual consent review must confront the limits of ‘consent’ itself