AUSTRALIA
NEWS.com.au
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a royal commission into institutional responses to allegations of child abuse in Australia.
Speaking at a press conference shortly before 6pm, the prime minister announced the royal commission against a backdrop of “too many revelations” which had placed the subject before even greater public scrutiny in recent times.
“Too many have suffered … too many other adults have let them down,” she said.
“Child abuse is always wrong, always heartbreaking, always distressing.”
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