Belinda WILSON (Narre Warren North) (13:10): This week I had a call from a friend. She was distressed, and she was telling me about how she had a conversation with her 14-year-old daughter about doing self-defence classes together. I told her how I had had a similar conversation with my 24-year-old daughter. Why? Because nearly one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, and these stats are showing things are not improving. Only approximately 8 per cent of sexual assaults are reported by victim-survivors, and we must ask why. Look at recent events, where three teenage boys who were charged with sexual assault against a 14-year-old girl in Sydney were described as ‘badly behaved boys’ and are yet to be expelled from their elite private school, against uproar from the community. More recently, when sexual assault allegations were made against well-known sports stars the same familiar conversation was heard: players had ‘found themselves’ in this situation, positioning men in a sympathetic light, perpetuating the good old ‘boys will be boys’ narrative. Why in 2026 are we still having this conversation? Why are we asking women what they are wearing? Why is she drinking? Why has she gone to that hotel room? Why are we asking her to prove herself in the court of public opinion? Yet we are so willing to see men’s actions as a mistake or poor judgement. A woman’s choice of clothing, her occupation and her decision to enter a hotel room in the early hours of the morning do not forfeit her right – (Time expired)