The use of good character references by convicted child sex offenders in court will be discussed at a long-awaited NSW Sentencing Council meeting on Wednesday. Last May, child sexual abuse survivor-advocates Harrison James and Jarad Grice launched the Your Reference Ain’t Relevant campaign, which aims to eradicate legislation that allowsContinue Reading
Child sexual abuse survivor-advocate Harrison James would describe the last five months with one word: “mind-blowing”. In May, he and fellow survivor-advocate Jarad Grice launched Your Reference Ain’t Relevant, a campaign aimed at barring convicted child sexual abuse perpetrators from receiving “soft and inadequate sentences based on [the use of]Continue Reading
In a “triumph” for victim-survivors, the NSW Attorney-General has committed to referring law reform to the Department of Communites and Justice that will prevent convicted perpetrators of child sexual abuse “from getting soft and inadequate sentences based on irrelevant character references”. Michael Daley, along with Minister for the Prevention ofContinue Reading
The NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley will “finally” meet with survivor-advocate Harrison James tomorrow, after months of “persistent” efforts from Harrison to set the meeting up. Harrison – who was molested between the ages of 13 and 16 by his stepmother – is currently fighting, alongside fellow advocate and child sexualContinue Reading