Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) in 2019 the Family Law Act 1975 was amended to ban personal cross-examination of parties where there are allegations of family violence between the examining party and the witness party, and

(ii) it is time the same protection was afforded to victim-survivors of sexual violence; and

(b) calls on the Government to prohibit personal cross-examination of a victim-survivor by the accused".