Sexual Offences

Minister Matt Keogh is addressing the National Press Club a year after the government responded to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Five women allege sexual misconduct against a Ballarat Bowen therapy business run by a father-son duo.

A legal battle over the reported multi-million-dollar estate of Virginia Giuffre, who was abused by US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is underway in Western Australia.

High school teacher Karly Rae, 37, pleads guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage boy in the Hunter Valley region.

The platforms, which can be used to make real people appear nude in photos and videos, have been used in several high-profile cases in Australian schools.

His crimes were so disturbing some police sources described it as the worst case of child abuse material they have ever seen in their careers. The man at the centre of it could be released next year.

A court in Seoul ruled that Kim Nok-wan's crimes were so grave they warranted his "permanent isolation from society."

A Central Victorian drama and dance teacher is handed an 18-month jail term for raping a student at her home following an event.

The first person sentenced for a sexual offence after a major review of cases previously rejected by ACT Police has had an appeal over his sentence dismissed.

A former Sydney teacher cannot be held financially liable for engaging in sexual activity with four male students in the 1970s, after a judge found she could not be expected to have known her conduct would cause harm. 

Driving instructors say they need national consistency on CCTV in their vehicles as transport ministers meet to discuss how to keep learner drivers safe from sexual harassment and assault.

As a 30-day timer begins for the US Department of Justice to release its Epstein files, questions remain around whether this will be the definitive release.

US President Donald Trump says he has signed off on legislation to force the release of the "Epstein files" — the final step required to turn the bill into law.

The University of Wollongong is considering redundancies at a well-regarded support service for victim-survivors of sexual assault.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act sailed through both the US House of Representatives and the Senate in a single Washington afternoon. This is how we got here, and what could happen next.

Jeffrey Epstein survivor Annie Farmer pays tribute to the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre after the Epstein Files were approved for release by Congress.

The bill's passage marks a major win for a small group of Republicans who defied pressure from the Trump White House to drop their crusade for the release of the Epstein files.

Both houses of the US Congress have agreed to force Justice officials to release documents relating to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Look back on the day's events here.

Police say a teenage boy fled on a push scooter after allegedly pushing an elderly woman to ground and trying to sexually assault her in a park near Maitland. 

The bill — to direct the US Justice Department to release its documents about late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — now looks set to sail through the House of Representatives.