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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has charged 30 people with a total of 69 counts of sexual offences last month.
There was one incident where a 23-year-old man was charged with two counts of incest.
The accused person allegedly had carnal knowledge with his 15-year-old stepsister while knowing they were related.
There was one incident where a 45-year-old man was charged with five counts of rape, one count of assault with intent to commit rape and one count of rape of his 22-year-old sister-in-law.
The accused person allegedly committed the offence in 2011 when the victim was under 13-year-old.
There was one incident where 33-year-old man was charged with the attempted rape, aggravated robbery and wrongful confinement of a 42-year-old woman.
The accused person is allegedly charged for attempting to rape the victim, stealing the victim’s mobile phone and $580 cash and wrongfully confining her in her taxi.
A 14-year-old boy was charged with the rape of his three-year-old niece while in another incident a 16-year-old boy was charged with the rape of his seven-year-old niece.
In another incident, a 16-year-old boy was charged with the rape of his five-year-old cousin.
A 52-year-old man was charged with the rape of his nine-year-old grandniece.
There was one incident where a 40-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 12-year-old stepdaughter while in another incident, a 36-year-old man was charged with one representative count of rape of his 15-year-old stepdaughter.
A 19-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 13-year-old cousin while in another incident, a 25-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 17-year-old cousin.
A 48-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 12-year-old niece while in another incident, 52-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 15-year-old niece.
There was one incident where a 29-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 15-year-old cousin while in another incident, a 37-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 37-year-old cousin.
A 45-year-old man was charged with the rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of his 21-year- old cousin while in another incident, a 42-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 28-year-old ex-wife.
In another incident, a 22-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 21-year-old de facto partner.
An 80-year-old man was charged with the rape of a nine-year-old girl from his village while in another incident, a 33-year-old man was charged with the rape and assault causing actual bodily harm to a 46-year-old woman.
A 30-year-old man was charged with the attempted rape and rape of a 21-year-old woman while in another incident, a 26-year-old man was charged with the attempted rape of a 26-year-old woman.
In another incident, a 40-year-old man was charged with one representative count of rape and one representative count of defilement of a 14-year-old girl.