Legal Update: Amendment addresses grooming

Jennifer Roest
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Jennifer Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, discusses a proposed amendment aimed at criminalising adults sending sexual messages to children and young people.

The amendment could make it a criminal offence for an adult to send a sexual message to a child aged under 16. Picture: iStock
The amendment could make it a criminal offence for an adult to send a sexual message to a child aged under 16. Picture: iStock

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