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Fraser Barton

Identity protection to go for sexual offences in Qld

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath is moving to scrap identity protection for sexual offence charges. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Accused rapists will be stripped of the protection of anonymity in Queensland as the government aims to remove "outdated and false" assumptions around sexual assault complaints "that have no place in our society".

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath has moved to scupper the state's longstanding restriction on naming people charged with serious sexual offences in legislative amendments introduced to state parliament.

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