Oz mum rapes daughter for 'sex education'

Maroochydore: An Australian woman has been charged for raping her 11-year-old daughter and filming it.

The mother of four, who subjected her daughter to a "bizarre sex education," has been jailed for four years.

The 37-year-old Sunshine Coast mum used her mobile phone to create three films showing her raping her youngest child and exposed her to other sexual activity "in response to repeated questions," the Sunshine Coast Daily reported.

Judge John Robertson said the mother, through her "selfish criminal conduct", had deprived her daughter of the right to "a wholesome and loving relationship with her mother".

He said while sexual offences against children by their own mothers were "rare", the community acting through the courts should denounce "this shocking conduct" with a significant punishment.

Judge Robertson suspended the four-year jail term after the woman has served one year, leaving a three-year jail sentence hanging over her head and ordered her to do three years' probation.