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25 December 2024
New laws to help protect victims from further trauma

NEW laws to ban traumatic cross-examinations during committal hearings have been introduced to Parliament by the State Government to better protect victims and witnesses in family violence, sexual offence and stalking cases.

These new laws will mean victims of particularly traumatic cases will only give evidence at trial, which will reduce the number of cross-examinations they face – one of the m...

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