Sexual Offences

The report called for the government to set up a Care Safe Agency responsible for overseeing the industry, as well as a review of compensation offered to survivors.

In the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday, Chief Justice Lucy McCallum sentenced Mohammadiman Aghahosseini to six years and one month in jail over the incident, which occurred in late 2022. 

French police investigate claims a 25-year-old Australian woman was raped by five men in Paris, days before the city is set to host the Olympic Games.

The Australian Federal Police charge an Arncliffe man with one count of trafficking children and claim to have removed at least seven potential victims from sexual exploitation following a 20-month investigation into an alleged criminal syndicate operating between Australia and Indonesia.

Police will allege a 47-year-old north Queensland man assaulted six women and children known to him between 1998 and 2023.

A man convicted of raping his former partner 11 times has been jailed for more than 13 years, with the judge saying "no woman deserves to be the subject of this appalling treatment".

Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers brought a case to the Federal Court alleging they were subjected to persistent sexual harassment. They hope it will bring change for other women.

A pensioner accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls more than 30 years ago is released on bail after being arrested in a cold case review.

The court heard Marquis Monte Rex Mack raped the woman and labelled parts of her body with a permanent marker, while also threatening to distribute intimate images. He will be eligible for parole in 2026.

Andrew David, Maurice Hawell and Marius Hawell were all found guilty of five counts of aggravated sexual assault, one count of aggravated sexual touching and one count of attempted aggravated sexual assault.

A former Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing a nine year-old girl at a WA mission in the 1980s is granted bail.

App-based rideshare services like Uber have made it easier than ever to travel. However, users have been left unsatisfied by the lack of action after reporting inappropriate incidents. 

A "psychopathic" paedophile, who later boasted of sexually abusing 2,000 boys, was employed as a Victorian Education Department school teacher despite declaring in a 1970s job application form that he was a convicted child abuser. 

Karen Bevan from Full Stop Aus says the survey reveals that sexual violence has been normalised in society.

The Australian Defence Force and Victoria Police confirm investigations are underway after a trainee alleges she was raped by a fellow member in 2023.

With three decades' experience under her belt, NSW Police's Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty is trying to change the way sexual assault victim-survivors can access and receive help.

WA police charge a Canberra man over a sexual assault which occurred in Perth more than 30 years ago.

A former Tasmanian cop repeatedly groomed boys over his decades-long career. A report into Paul Reynolds has outlined how he used his standing in the community to do it.

The 29-year-old faces two counts of rape, alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021.

Independent US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr says he has "so many skeletons in my closet," following an allegation in a Vanity Fair article that he sexually assaulted a former family babysitter.

The Florida investigations uncovered Epstein's close ties to former president Bill Clinton and Britain's Prince Andrew, and his once-friendly relationship with former president Donald Trump.

An Adelaide HIV-positive paedophile who committed some of "the worst and most degrading offending" seen by investigating police has had an application for an indefinite detention order declined. Warning: This story contains distressing details.

Jaryn Timosevski is sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court after pleading guilty to three counts of rape and one act of indecency, after the girl reported the abuse to police. 

Detectives say there may be more alleged victims, and are urging people with information to come forward, after more than a year of investigating the alleged historic crimes. 

The friends of three men accused of gang-raping three women in Newcastle have told a jury that "group sex" was never discussed amongst them.