15 year old Ben from Adelaide emailed the National Children‟s and Youth Law Centre‟s Lawmail service asking “is it against the law to have sex with my 19 year old girlfriend?”
Ben was advised that he is under the age of consent for sex in South Australia. He was told that even if he agrees to have sex with his girlfriend, it is still against the law for his girlfriend to have sex with him. She could face a serious criminal charge. Ben was also told that once he turns 17 he and his girlfriend can have sex legally in South Australia. Ben was told that the age of consent for having sex varies between States and Territories.
Keep in mind, South Australia's AoC is 17, not 16 like Western Australia, but everything else is still relevant to my state.
At age of 15, he has a girlfriend aged 19. By the time he's 17, she's 21, and it says he can legally have sex with her. So I don't think it matters.
I'm here like a year late!!!....did I miss anything?
Peer pressure, curse you! :3
345485
aww. You should come to the west.
Barren deserts, endless bushland and shark-infested beaches. It's fucking paradise.
345483 I already have planned to move to Australia, though not to the west
345479
wait wut
345474 Well... I already did, haha! Though, not to the west
345473
Why do I get the feeling you're planning on emigrating to Western Australia?
345472 Oooh, okay.... I'm happy
345471
I don't think it matters too much.
see here
Keep in mind, South Australia's AoC is 17, not 16 like Western Australia, but everything else is still relevant to my state.
At age of 15, he has a girlfriend aged 19. By the time he's 17, she's 21, and it says he can legally have sex with her. So I don't think it matters.
345467 I'm 17, but it's only consent if it's with your own age, is it not? Or am I just being stupid?
345454
Not in Western Australia you're not.
16 is the age of consent here.
345453 i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc7/Edgehead89/hansen.jpg
345456
But of course
Be there maid outfits involved by any chance?
345453 I'm underage and I'm probably one of the most perverted people here
345448 I did not even know that I was an Admin.
345447 Wait, what the fuck? I actually am.
345445
How could you forget about her?
Watch yourself, she's an admin!
345444 Well, I'm every gender here, so it doesn't really matter what you refer to me