Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to fairer trials?

The NSW government has just introduced a bill that will, among other significant reforms, make it easier for a jury to be informed about the prior convictions of a person on trial for a...

The governments of Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT, the NT and the Commonwealth are likely to introduce similar legislation.

Disclosing evidence of an accused’s prior convictions has always been a difficult area of criminal law, requiring a balance of conflicting interests.

Disclosure may demonstrate a propensity to offend in a particular way and therefore be helpful to the…