Australian father has child with his daughter: report

An Australian woman who had a child with her father pleaded for acceptance of their illicit love as the couple and their baby girl appeared on national television after being convicted of incest.

Jenny Deaves was 31 when she was reunited with her father John Deaves, who separated from her mother three decades before. Shortly afterwards, she had considered embarking on a sexual relationship with him, she was quoted by AFP as telling the Nine Network.

"John and I are in this relationship as consenting adults," she told the "60 Minutes" programme on Sunday night.

"We are just asking for a little bit of respect and understanding."

The couple's nine-month-old daughter, Celeste, to whom John Deaves is both father and grandfather, was also shown on the programme and appeared to be in sound health.

She is a third child, ...