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.”