AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
November 20, 2012
Lindsay Murdoch
PHNOM PENH: The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says her government will need to be careful to handle high expectations of the royal commission into child sexual abuse.
Asked about a Herald/Nielsen poll showing the inquiry has the backing of almost every Australian, Ms Gillard said: ”The best we can do is to be consultative and be clear about what we are trying to do and what we are trying to achieve.
”The royal commission decision has been well received by the nation, it’s a decision the nation needed,” Ms Gillard said in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, where she is attending the East Asian Summit, a forum of 18 world leaders.
”People do want to see the tragic instances of child abuse addressed … people want to see our institutions of the future not repeat the mistakes of the past.
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