SEX OFFENDERS – LAW AND LEGISLATION – VICTORIA

Psychiatrist sexually abused his patient

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Original article by Julia Medew
The Age – Page: 8 : 17-Dec-14

Supreme Court of Victoria judge Melissa Lee Daly has ruled that deregistered psychiatrist Francis Tudor Bostock must pay compensation of $A384,029 to a former patient. The woman had been sexually abused by the practitioner, who also claimed $A16,000 from Medicare for the sessions with her. Anne Shortall, principal at law firm Slater & Gordon, says the victim will seek the payment to be made in 2016, when Bostock’s self-declared bankruptcy ends

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SLATER AND GORDON LIMITED – ASX SGH, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES. MEDICARE AUSTRALIA, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, MEDICAL BOARD OF AUSTRALIA

Country’s first ‘sexting’ laws to be introduced in Victoria

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Original article by Henrietta Cook
The Age – Page: 3 : 21-Aug-14

Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark has announced the introduction on 21 August 2014 of new legislation that specifically targets "sexting", the first in the nation. A parliamentary inquiry had looked into the issue of minors being automatically included on the state’s sex offenders register after sending explicit images among themselves. Under the new laws the practice will only constitute an offence if it occurs in "circumstances contrary to community standard of acceptable conduct"

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