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People accused of sexual assault will need to prove they took steps to obtain consent, as part of a major overhaul of sexual consent laws in New South Wales.
NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman announced the reforms on Tuesday that he says will strengthen and simplify laws in the state and protect victim-survivors.
That includes adopting the so-called affirmative consent model, which means a person does not consent to sexual activity until they say or do something to communicate it.
It also means an accused person s belief in consent will not be reasonable unless they said or did something to ascertain consent from their sexual partners.