NSW barristers are calling on the state government to amend sexual consent laws so that a person who has an unreasonable but honest belief in consent is not guilty of a crime.
This comes after the government commissioned a review of sexual consent laws in May after the high-profile acquittal of Luke Lazarus after finding his belief in consent was reasonable.
Bar Association President Arthur Moses says they should criminalise honest but unreasonable beliefs about consent as a separate and less serious offence compared with cases in which the accused did not have an honest belief.