AUSTRALIA
The Standard
By PETER COLLINS
Nov. 26, 2012
HUNDREDS of people from across Australia have contacted a Warrnambool legal company to register their interest in a forthcoming royal commission into child sex abuse by institutions.
Maddens Lawyers told The Standard it was inundated with calls after it launched a victims register a week ago.
“We’ve had hundreds of people from all over Australia, many of whom said they had never told their stories before,” the firm’s personal injury department chief Gary Foster said.
“The response is sending a message to the government that it needs to consider setting up a compensation scheme.
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