Sydney school assault cases spark government action

0:00A string of disturbing cases of alleged sexual assault involving Sydney schoolchildren has sparked action. A roundtable was held today to discuss the attitudes and online influences shaping young men, the focus on what's fueling the problem and how to solve it. Too young to be identified accused of crimes that shocked the state. We've had a really disturbing few weeks here in New South Wales and around the country. Separate sex assault cases involving students from Scots in St Gregory's College now driving a call to action. Today's conversation will focus on what we can all do as a community to combat sexual violence and misogyny. Involving all levels of government, advocates, school leaders and people with lived experience, taking a three-pronged approach online. We know that an account set up by a teenage boy takes an average of 23 minutes to be fed

1:05misogynistic content online. We can't do those things. It's disgusting. What happens at schools? We need to work much more closely with schools around respectful relationships education and consent education. And at home. One of the response needs to be to educate parents about how to support their kids in dealing with these issues. The next step now is turning today's discussion into a coordinated response, recognizing that no single policy or institution can solve this alone. And there's a lot of things that are going to be happening in this space in the future. Today the problem was put on the table. What follows matters more. Sam Payne, 7 News.