Push for National Sexual Consent Approach in Australia

Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell talks to the media at a press conference in Sydney, Australia on May 11, 2020. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

A national standard for sexual consent education in schools is needed, the NSW government has said, after thousands of women and girls across the country shared stories of being assaulted as students.

NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said a national curriculum review currently underway is an opportunity for states and territories to consider how to teach school students about consent.