Senate debates Bills

Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024; Second Reading


Larissa Waters

Larissa Waters Queensland, Australian Greens

11:35 am

I move:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) in 2019 the Family Law Act 1975 was amended to ban personal cross-examination of parties where there are allegations of family violence between the examining party and the witness party, and

(ii) it is time the same protection was afforded to victim-survivors of sexual violence; and

(b) calls on the Government to prohibit personal cross-examination of a victim-survivor by the accused".

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