AdvertisementNationalJustice Psychiatrists cast doubt on court secrecy orders that protect accused Wendy Tuohy and Erin Pearson August 6, 2026 — 5:30am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. He first raised his concerns in a Substack post in March, when Monash University research revealed that 521 court suppression orders had been granted in Victoria in 2023. “In the context where victim-survivors’ counselling records are essentially public property in sex offence matters, we’re doing a lot to protect the perpetrators’ mental health, but not a lot to protect the mental health of the victim-survivor,” she said. The Australian Lawyers Alliance’s Greg Barns, says, striking suppression orders is a question of balance. “Survivors’ mental health concerns are not given the same credence or consideration, that’s what we’re seeing,” she said.