Grace Tame calls for better-funded sex education in schools

In her powerful National Press Club address, former Australian of the Year Grace Tame spoke of three "key asks to better our nation". One of them was a call for more funding for "prevention education" programs in schools.

But what would the ideal consent education program look like? And are any Australian schools currently instituting it? A new report from UNSW's Kirby Institute has some answers.

Australian Human Rights Institute Associate Dr Allie Carter, who is a senior lecturer with the Kirby Institute at UNSW and senior researcher on the study: 'Teaching sexual consent to young people in education settings', speaks to ABC Radio National's Life Matters program.

Listen to the interview here.