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Amending evidence law to reduce retraumatisation for sexual offence survivors by extending video-recorded interviews.

🟡 Medium · Bill Second Reading20 August 2026 · 1,856 words

Bill extends video-recorded police interviews as evidence-in-chief for all sexual offence survivors,

Extends video-recorded interviews for all sexual offence complainants.

Where we can reduce unnecessary retraumatisation without compromising the rights of an accused person or the integrity of a criminal trial, we should.

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Members who spoke

Goiran, Nick
Topics
criminal justice reformsexual offendingvictim supportevidence law

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