AUSTRALIA
The Age
Josh Gordon and Barney Zwartz
April 18, 2012
THE historic decision by the Baillieu government to launch an inquiry into the handling by churches of clergy sex abuse allegations was undermined last night when a key member of the committee appointed to run the inquiry said it was the wrong body for the task.
Labor MP Frank McGuire, deputy chairman of State Parliament’s family and community development committee, said the obvious choice would have been former Supreme Court judge Philip Cummins, who headed the government’s recent inquiry into child welfare.
The committee is inexperienced, with four of its six members having been in Parliament less than 18 months.
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