Sexual violence has been a persistent problem in Australian universities and residential colleges for decades. The 2021 National Student Safety Survey (NSSS) commissioned by peak body Universities Australia (UA) found that since starting their studies, one in 20 students had ...

Five years after The Australian Human Rights Commission filed a damning report on sexual violence in universities high rates of incidents continue to reported, but experts say awareness is improving. The Australian National University has published a long-awaited report which ...

As Australia inches towards a less legalistic, more accuser-centric mode of dealing with university sexual assault, America is ebbing away from it. In September 2017, US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced interim measures that allowed cross-examination of sexual assault accusers and mediation ...