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Subscriber only Sex education will be beefed up to teach students about respect and consent after federal Education Minister Alan Tudge today praised schoolgirls for exposing a traumatic rape culture in schools. Mr Tudge spoke of the bravery and strength of hundreds of young women who have detailed allegations of rape, sexual assault and harassment, in an online campaign by young Sydney woman Chanel Contos. Education Minister Alan Tudge has announced sex education will be beefed up to teach students about “respect and consent”. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray Their voices have shone a light on an important issue and given it the attention that it deserves, Mr Tudge said in a speech to the Menzies Research Centre.
The materials will be distributed in Australian schools around the country, following a petition which collected more than 2,000 stories of allegations of sexual assault.
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