Sexual Offences

Pressure is mounting on the federal government to lead a national push to stop learner drivers from being sexually harassed and assaulted by their instructors.

Sexual assault victims in Queensland have hit a 32-year high, as new data reveals the state remains the nation leader in victims of crime.

After weeks of growing pressure, the US House Committee has released part of the Epstein files. But it's unlikely to give people the answers they were hoping for.

Charlotte Arnould first accused Mr Depardieu of rape in 2018, saying the assaults occurred in his Paris home on two separate occasions when she was in her early 20s.

An ABC investigation has uncovered hundreds of allegations of sexual harassment and assault at the hands of driving instructors. Warning: graphic content detailing alleged sexual assault.

He is accused of raping four women and has been charged with 28 other crimes, including alleged acts of violence against ex-girlfriends.

Though hailed as a "beautiful call for peace", this 60kg bronze statue of a young girl has languished in a suburban garage for nearly a year. 

A man in his 70s is sentenced to eight years jail for sexually assaulting his granddaughters in 2021 and 2023.

A Perth teacher and babysitter pleads guilty to more than two dozen child sex charges, with at least one of his victims an infant.

Perth restaurateur Alberto Nicoletti is found guilty of raping a woman he met in a South Perth bar, his third sexual assault conviction after a series of trials that had remained secret until now.

The transcripts with Ghislaine Maxwell are released as the Trump administration suffers a sustained backlash from its base over failing to deliver on expectations created through conspiracy theories and bold promises.

The barristers in the appeal of three convicted gang rapists have argued witnesses were unreliable and questioned directions given to the jury by the presiding judge.

Zali Burrows's description of Bruce Lehrmann's appeal against last year's defamation ruling neglected that her client was the applicant — and now appellant — in a civil proceeding.

Federal Court judges express frustration with Bruce Lehrmann's lawyer as his appeal over his failed defamation case wraps up. 

Ryan Cho was initially charged with a handful of offences to do with alleged intimate images of colleagues in staff toilets, but is now facing more than 100 fresh charges.

US President Donald Trump had called for the release of the transcripts amid rumours and criticism about his involvement with late financier long ago. 

Bruce Lehrmann was found to have raped Brittany Higgins on the balance of probabilities. Today, his appeal against that ruling begins in the Federal Court.

The Justice Department has agreed to provide Congress some documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, though it is unclear exactly which or how many documents might be produced.

The findings from South Australia's landmark Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence have been released nine months after the first public hearings were held, and amid expectations of sweeping changes to address abuse.

The prosecutor in charge of the case says Marius Borg Høiby's membership of the royal family should not allow him to be treated more lightly.