Grace Tame believes a move to change laws in Tasmania allowing survivors of sexual crimes to share their stories will give greater insights into how perpetrators operate.

Key points: Under proposed law changes, survivors over the age of 18 can share their stories if they have provided written authorisation to do so

Under proposed law changes, survivors over the age of 18 can share their stories if they have provided written authorisation to do so They must also not have a mental impairment which would make them incapable of reasonable judgement

They must also not have a mental impairment which would make them incapable of reasonable judgement The laws will continue to provide safeguards to protect victims who do not want to be identified

The 24-year-old is full of appreciation and pride that the Let Her Speak campaign, which she became the face of, has resulted in the Tasmanian Government announcing plans to change legislation to give victims of sexual assault the right to publicly speak out.

"Breaking down this culture of discomfort around sharing these issues, this culture of discomfort that plays into the perpetrators' hands, [is important], because so long as we stay silent and uncomfortable they will be loud and continue to perpetrate these crimes," she said.

"I haven't done it alone, this has been very much a team effort, myself supported by Nina Funnell, my beautiful family, my parents, my step-parents, my little brother, all my extended family."

Ms Tame was 15 when she was repeatedly raped by her teacher Nicolaas Bester when she was a student at St Michael's Collegiate School.

She wanted to tell her story, but was gagged by Tasmanian laws that prevent sexual assault survivors from ever speaking publicly about their experiences.

"It's so important because when you are sexually abused, you are robbed of so much and to be robbed of a voice is another form of assault," she said.

Ms Tame eventually won a court order allowing her to speak, but under proposed changes to Tasmanian legislation that will no longer be necessary.

Under the changes, survivors over the age of 18 can share their stories if they have provided written authorisation and do not have a mental impairment that would make them incapable of reasonable judgement.

Ms Tame believes the changes could aid crime prevention.

"Survivors possess unique insights into the dynamics of these crimes — especially the psychological manipulation that characterises them," she said.

"The grooming, all the stuff [that] is not so easily seen, you know the hiding-in-plain-sight type of stuff, and it's so important that we have the voices who can tell those stories and fill in the education gaps on those issues."

Wording of sexual abuse law expected to change

The Government also plans to change the wording of the crime of "maintaining a sexual relationship with a young person".

Ms Tame said she saw this as another positive move forward, as to her, "that doesn't adequately reflect neither the gravity nor the reality of the crime".

The current wording "softens it", she added, as "the word relationship has connotations of consent".

Attorney-General Elise Archer said the wording of the crime was still being worked on.

"Some of the options that other jurisdictions have used is describing it as sexual abuse instead of a relationship, and I believe that is important," Ms Archer said.

Tasmania's Attorney-General Elise Archer said the wording of the crime is being worked on. ( ABC News: Ainsley Koch )

She said amendments would be put out for community consultation before the end of the year and the changes would be put to the vote in Parliament early next year.

"Some victims of crime, as part of their own recovery, feel it necessary and feel that it's therapeutic as well, to be able to tell their story and I can totally understand that," Ms Archer said.

She said the laws would continue to provide safeguards to protect victims who do not want to be identified.

Opposition spokeswoman Ella Haddad said Labor supported changing the laws.

"We're constantly impressed by the bravery and the strength of Grace Tame and people like her, through their hard work and their advocacy, [they] have led the Government to commit to this change."

But for Ms Tame, the fight is not over.

She says the campaign will move to the Northern Territory, where she says legislation needs reform.

Ms Tame is also preparing to move to California where she will continue her work as an illustrator and advocate.

"I'm going to be working quite closely with members of the Human Trafficking Taskforce that's based out of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, working towards shifting the conversation and the focus of the conversation to grooming and traumatic bonding and the psychological manipulation aspect," she said.