BONUS: No more ‘good blokes’: Inside the fight to scrap character references

BONUS: No more ‘good blokes’: Inside the fight to scrap character references

Australia’s courts have long allowed judges to consider “good character” references during sentencing, even in child sexual abuse cases.

For many survivors, hearing offenders described in court as “good people” or “champions of young people” can be deeply retraumatising and after years of campaigning, the laws are being changed right around the country.

NSW changed its laws earlier this year, and this week Victoria announced it intends to do the same.

In this episode of The Briefing, we're revisiting Chris Spyrou's powerful conversation with survivor advocate and Your Reference Ain't Relevant co-founder Harrison James - on why these laws had to change, and why he won't stop until the reform goes national.

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