To constitute an 'initial complaint' under s 34M of the Evidence Act 1929 (SA), the complaint must be referable to the particular charges on the Information; a vague or unspecified prior conversation about sexual offending that cannot be shown to relate to the charged acts does not qualify. Admissibility of 'information provided by way of elaboration of the initial complaint' requires both that the initial complaint and the further information are sufficiently connected to be reasonably viewed as one complaint, and that the further information is capable of rationally affecting the assessment of the credibility of the alleged victim. A video recorded police interview conducted as part of an investigation is not 'information provided by way of elaboration' of an earlier complaint to a family member. The [name withheld] discretion to exclude evidence remains available and may be particularly important in relation to elaboration evidence under s 34M.
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