August 15, 2026 — 3:52pm

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A man from regional Victoria has become the state’s first person to plead guilty to multiple counts of rape under new laws that expand the definition of the offence to include those who refuse to pay sex workers for their services.

Similar legislation introduced in NSW resulted in the conviction last month of a man from Sydney’s eastern suburbs, who had falsely claimed he had transferred $1600 to a sex worker from Melbourne.

Both men were charged under affirmative consent laws, which mean a false or misleading…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU