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Maeve Bannister

Minister seeks justice system rebalance

Katy Gallagher says the justice system needs to support sexual assault complainants better. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia's minister for women says the justice system does not have the right balance when it comes to supporting people who make sexual assault complaints.

Katy Gallagher said she cast "no aspersion" on the important principles of the presumption of innocence but the federal government had a responsibility to reform systems and processes to better support complainants who were predominantly women.

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