AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott believes the federal government should fund the lion’s share of the royal commission into child sexual abuse.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the creation of a royal commission last week, and has promised to unveil its terms of reference before the end of the year.
“This is going to be a national royal commission and I think that does make it first and foremost the responsibility of the national government,” Mr Abbott told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
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