Reporting a sexual assault, and trying to get justice, closure or healing should not cause someone further harm.

Too many rape survivors are hurt by the so-called “justice” system. The system needs to change. At the very least, legal avenues for reporting sexual violence should not be traumatic; they should hold the people responsible for sexual violence to account; and they should provide victim-survivors with agency and choice when seeking justice.

Multiple reviews have been conducted. Hundreds of recommendations have been made. Attorney-Generals around the country have acknowledged that reform is needed, and committed to some of the changes necessary – but many of those changes aren’t scheduled to progress for years. 

31,000 people reported sexual assault to police last year – most of them women and girls. We can’t wait years to address the harm this broken system is doing to people who need it right now.