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Campaigning: At the launch of the Don t Guess the Yes campaign at the Queenstown police station recently are, from left, sergeant Chris Brooks, RespectEd Aotearoa chief executive Fiona McNamara, senior sergeant Ben Quinn, detective senior sergeant Malcolm Inglis and community constable Alex Cully
By MATTHEW MCKEW
number of sexual assaults, they were dealing with reports of yet another.
A male was the victim of the latest alleged attack, with detective senior sergeant Malcolm Inglis saying sexual violence is becoming all too frequent in the resort.
‘‘Just because a female or male … had too much to drink, it doesn’t give anyone the right to think they are consenting to some form of sexual act,’’ Inglis says.
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The entire Mackay football fanbase will be behind the Lions women as they prepare to face Central FC in the Kappa Cup.
Mackay Lions remain one of the final 16, and the last Mackay-based side, in the competition that initially had 128 teams enter the inaugural tournament.
The Lions will face the currently undefeated Central FC in the Central Queensland Premier League this season.
Lions president Ashlee Nolan said the club was excited to represent the Mackay region.
“The girls side has gone undefeated in the local competition for the last four years, so they were all pretty stoked when the statewide tournament was announced,” Nolan said.
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About 100 students at Christchurch Girls High School took to the streets to protest against sexual harassment and sexual abuse. Christchurch Boys High headmaster Nic Hill said last month senior student leaders from both schools were working on a joint plan to tackle the issues raised at the protest. “We want to make it clear that we want to listen to and hear the concerns of the Christchurch Girls’ High students, particularly relating to any specific allegations,” he said. The group said it was dedicated to fighting a systematic, cultural and institutional issue – not just individual cases. The year 11 students have since created an educational Instagram account called Culture CHCHange, and been joined by four other students, including a male.
Sexual Abuse Prevention Network president Fiona McNamara.
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The latest figures from the Ministry of Justice showed 31 percent of those charged with rape were convicted (89 people).
For all sexual offences, the conviction rate was slightly higher, at 44 percent.
The conviction rate for other types of charges is 71 percent.
RespectEd Aotearoa chief executive Fiona McNamara said the statistic showed the system for dealing with sexual violence was not working and systemic change was needed.
She said government spending on prevention needed to be boosted more than 10-fold. There has not been a focus on prevention - there is very little happening. There are some initiatives going on but not enough.