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SCENARIO: We act for an Indigenous woman, Jane, who has recently lodged a…

- - - - R v Francis [1993] 2 Qd R 300: a man who had carnal knowledge of a woman with her consent did not commit rape notwithstanding that her consent was induced by her excessive consumption of alcohol, but a man who had carnal knowledge of a woman who by reason of sleep or a drunken stupor was incapable of deciding whether to consent or not committed rape.
  - - - However, it's a US based movement, may have limited translation to small town Australia.
      - Some evidence of similar change in Australia, regarding the George Pell trial, Loud Fence movement,
      - Sexual harassment cases have more than doubled in Australia since the MeToo movement began Source
      - Will be particularly prevalent if the case goes before a jury
      - Potential comparison to Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Craig McLachlan, Dominique Strauss-Kahn