AUSTRALIA
Courier Mail
Queensland’s Child Safety Department could be called on to participate in child sex abuse royal commission
Korin Helbig, Renee Viellaris
From:The Courier-Mail
November 27, 2012
A STATE department charged with protecting Queensland children could be called on to give evidence at the Gillard Government’s royal commission into child sex abuse.
The Commonwealth has confirmed Queensland’s Child Safety Department could be asked to “participate” in the major inquiry.
Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has stressed co-operation would be “paramount”.
Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has promised full access to key documents and staff.
But he did not rule out seeking protection from prosecution for Child Safety officers, saying indemnity would be determined on a “case by case basis according to the details of the incident”.
It came as the Newman Government yesterday dug in its heels and refused to bow to a grieving mother by changing its own inquiry’s terms of reference to allow her case to be reviewed.
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