Analysis of trial transcripts shows prosecutors and defence still focus on conduct of victim-survivor
, a University of Wollongong law expert and co-author of the report alongside Prof Luke McNamara at UNSW, said the problem was that successive reforms had not tackled what “complainants often find so distressing in these matters”.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup More than half of the complainants were cross-examined for having failed to verbally communicate non-consent, or physically resist, while more than three-quarters were cross-examined for having an incomplete or inconsistent recall of events.
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