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Katrina Munting was a 15-year-old high school student when she was groomed and repeatedly sexually abused by one of her teachers in the late 1990s.
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Australian sexual assault support services are reporting an increase in people contacting them for help
Australian of the Year Grace Tame hopes discussions will turn into action focusing on education as the primary means of preventing future abuse
Survivor Katrina Munting says it s like someone s flicked a switch making it OK to talk about sexual abuse To be able to go, This is me, and this is why I am who I am that has made such a difference, Ms Munting said.
ABC Denies CEO’s Claim It ‘Misquoted’ Sexual Assault Service on Use of Paedophile Term
The chief executive officer of Tasmania’s Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS) has claimed that a news producer from the ABC “misquoted” one of their managers when advising some journalists, via email, to avoid using the word “paedophile” in reporting, so as not to marginalise them. But the ABC stands by the contents of the email.
This comes after News Corp’s The Australian reported on March 6 that a senior ABC producer was purportedly prompted to send the email after the SASS manager expressed concern that the use of the word “paedophile” might negatively impact some paedophiles.
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