Exclusive: Bill set to be introduced Thursday will also target image-based sexual abuse
Victorian attorney general Jaclyn Symes says new legislation will address ‘outdated stereotypes’ that continue to ‘creep into the justice system’.Victorian attorney general Jaclyn Symes says new legislation will address ‘outdated stereotypes’ that continue to ‘creep into the justice system’.Laws to introduce affirmative consent, criminalise “stealthing” and target “deepfake” porn are set to be introduced into the Victorian parliament by the state’s attorney general, Jaclyn Symes.
Stealthing – the removal, non-use or tampering of a condom without the other person’s knowledge or consent – will also be made a crime under bill. Image-based sexual abuse, such as taking intimate videos of someone without their consent and distributing, or threatening to distribute, intimate images – including deepfake porn – will also be targeted.
The legislation would include new jury directions to address such misconceptions in sexual offence trials, she said.
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