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‘Asking for It’ (Trailer)

'Asking for It'.

Northern Pictures’ documentary series Asking for It, an exploration of consent, will premiere on SBS next month.

The series sees journalist and See What You Made Me Do presenter Jess Hill return to SBS to reignite a national conversation about the country’s epidemic of sexual violence.

Every day in Australia 85 sexual assaults are reported on average. When an estimated 90 per cent of sexual assaults are estimated to go unreported, this is likely to be a fraction of the total number that occur.

Over three episodes, Hill will talk to advocates to understand the push for quality consent education, and meets with prominent survivors including Saxon Mullins, Grace Tame, Noelle Martin and Adele (delsi) Moleta who shed light on their experiences navigating the legal system, fighting for law reform and dealing with trauma.

The series also features experts, community groups and consent educators from across Australia and overseas, including sex and consent educator Richie Hardcore and Reset Australia.

Hill is a consultant producer for the series, directed and produced by Tosca Looby. Karina Holden is the executive producer. The series received principal production funding from Screen Australia, and was post-produced in Sydney with support from the NSW government.

SBS current affairs program Insight will air an episode exploring the topic of consent as an accompaniment to Asking For It and SBS Learn will also deliver teaching resources based on selected clips. 

Asking For It premieres 8:30pm April 20 on SBS and SBS On Demand and continues weekly.

  1. It’s wonderful that amazing Jess Hill is returning to SBS to present and reignite the conversation about the pandemic we have re: sexual violence in Australia. I hope the series will also cover the ‘taboo’ topic of child sexual abuse and child trafficking through our nations family courts.🙏

  2. Jess Hill is a responsible respected writer. She may regard me as enemy but hold judgment. My suggestion for legal action on consent is to treat that question in cases where it arises requires legislative action, treat it like drug supply and goods in custody,that is to to presume non consent which can be rebutted by evidence or consideration on the balance of probability. If drug possession over say 5 grams of coke , the law presumes it is for supply unless rebutted on the balance of probability. It is referred to as evidentiary burden. The current law is confusing and actually assists defendants as juries find the tick box required consideration s to be folded into question of consent. If society sees discriminatory practices and inadequate enforcement, the law is flexible enough to protect potential victims by changing law . The stakeholders which include barristers associations, well intentioned, are protecting their members who are mostly defence lawyers, rather than finding considered changes to meet the challenges of contemporary society.

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