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Maeve Bannister

Justice system failing shattered sex assault survivors

Sarah Rosenberg endured a three-year legal process after reporting her sexual assault. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

Sexual assault survivors are unprepared and unprotected by Australia's justice system, with advocates urging a national rollout of legal literacy in schools, universities and for frontline workers. 

More than 90 per cent of sexual assaults in Australia are never reported and for the few who do come forward, the majority disengage from the system during the police investigation.

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