‘Wrong type of woman’: Queensland taskforce hears of police disbelief of abuse allegations

Queensland’s women’s safety and justice taskforce has heard claims a woman was told by police she ‘wasn’t the kind of woman who gets assaulted’ when trying to report a sexual assault. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A queer woman who allegedly experienced a “coordinated” sexual assault by two men claims police told her she “wasn’t the kind of woman who gets assaulted” when she reported the incident.

In a submission to Queensland’s women’s safety and justice taskforce, the woman said she was in her 20s when she was assaulted outside a major sporting event more than a decade ago.