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Max Aldred and Farid Farid

Bid to cut sex assault trial trauma with 'ground rules'

Reforms are on the way to protect women from needing to relive sexual assaults in the courtroom. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

Demeaning courtroom tactics that weaponise sexual assault against victims and draw on private records are being scrapped in a bid to reduce trauma.

Courts in NSW will allow pre-recorded evidence to serve as a victim's principle examination and impose restrictions on counselling records, as part of new legislation introduced in parliament on Tuesday.

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