Media & News

SASS welcomes opportunities to provide comment, offer professional opinion and provide feedback on a broad range of topics relating to sexual violence.

For comment, interviews or other consultation requests, please contact Jill Maxwell (CEO) on (03) 6231 0044 or send an email to @email

SASS believes first and foremost that survivors of sexual violence are the experts in this area. We strive to incorporate and represent the views of survivors in all of our policy work and advocacy efforts.

14/12/18

School Students Raise $20k for SASS

SASS has received its largest ever single donation from St Michael's Collegiate school. The combined efforts of the school community raised a total of $20 061, an amount that will make a huge difference to the reach of SASS’ services.

29/11/18

SASS Receives Bronze at Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for the Whole of School Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Program

SASS CEO Jill Maxwell states, “The program was motivated by alarming findings that young people are more likely to hold sexual violence-supportive attitudes than other age groups. The Whole of School Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Program aims to address the underlying causes of sexual assault, thereby reducing its incidence and impacts, through promoting respectful sexual behaviours amongst young people and by enhancing the capacity of Tasmanian secondary school communities to respond to and prevent sexual assault.”

22/10/18

Media Release - Governor Opens New Sexual Assault Support Service Site

Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS) Patron, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC today officially opened the new SASS Premises at 31 Tower Rd New Town.

Sass services: Counselling, advocacy, crisis, policy and training

27/08/18

SASS has moved!!!

We are excited to announce that SASS has relocated! Our new premises are at:

Ground Floor, 31-33 Tower Road

New Town, TAS, 7008

You can also find a map of where we are on our Contacts page.

22/05/18

Media release: Tasmania opts in to the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

The Sexual Assault Support Service commends the Tasmanian Government for its decision, announced earlier today, to opt in to the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sex

23/04/18

The Tasmanian Anglican Church shows its commitment to childhood sexual assault survivors

The Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS) commends the Tasmanian Anglican Church for its proposal to support the National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.