News by Ben Graham WARNING: Distressing Thousands of students from across every part of Australia have spoken out about a chilling culture of normalised rape and sexual assault in our schools - as horrified parents begin pulling their children out and pressure grows for systemic change. Since being overwhelmed by the response to her petition - calling for earlier and more holistic sexual education lessons - Sydneysider Chanel Contos has received more than 4000 testimonies from students in South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland, the ACT and NSW. Overnight, she launched a website where the disturbing accounts are beginning to be made public for the first time.
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Education minister pushes for consent education in all schools nationwide
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Victoriaâs Education Minister has called for a nationwide rollout of âRespectful Relationshipsâ education in all schools in light of a public petition which has detailed hundreds of allegations of sexual assaults of school students across the country.
Minister James Merlino has also instructed his department to meet with the young woman behind the petition â 22-year-old former Sydney schoolgirl Chanel Contos â to see where Victoria could improve.
Education Minister James Merlino
Credit:Luis Ascui