NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says an app could be used by couples to establish and record mutual consent before engaging in sex. He believes the technology could help navigate the way forward as the country confronts an increasing number of sexual assaults while reporting and conviction rates remain low. Fuller said he had discussed the consent app with Attorney-General Mark Speakman and Police Minister David Elliott. “The conversation around sex and consent seems to be anchored to the ’50s and clearly it isn’t working,” Fuller wrote in an opinion piece published by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph. Consent apps could normalise conversations around consent and formalise the habit of actively seeking consent. “There is no implied consent. It needs to be positive consent. How do we do that in this day and age? One option is with technology,” Fuller said. “People say ‘how unromantic is that’. But think of how many …
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