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Sarah
Sarah asked in Dining OutAustraliaNew South Wales (Sydney) · 2 years ago

Can a 17 year old girl hang out with a 21 year old man in Australia?

Is it legal?

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  • ?
    2 weeks ago

    Yes and Legally

  • Anonymous
    4 months ago

    Yes and all legal even having sex is legal

  • Anonymous
    10 months ago

    Yes no problem and legal

  • Anonymous
    Lv 5
    1 year ago

    Sixteen is the age of consent. Should be no problem.

  • GrandYeeter
    1 year ago

    Probs. Not quite hunky-dory about the law, but maybe.

  • Sky
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Merely hanging out is perfectly legal regardless of age.

  • Athena
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Not if she is in Polemic.

    Too far.

  • Rosalie
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    As Pat Wooden said, it is legal.

    It is, however, a bad decision for both of them.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    The age of consent in Australia is 16, so they can not only hang out but be intimate too, with no legal ramifications.

    Btw, it used to be 18, but there were a string of convictions for men back a few decades ago.

    16 and 17 yo females were using fake ID to gain access to nightclubs and the consensus was that young men had no way of knowing they were underage. Hence the age of consent was lowered by two years.

  • ?
    2 years ago

    Hang out? Well of course you can hang out! If there is nothing sexual to it it should not be illegal.

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