AUSTRALIA
ABC – PM
[with audio]
SALLY SARA: Queensland’s peak child protection body is calling for the Federal Government’s child sexual abuse inquiry to employ multiple commissioners rather than just one.
The Federal Government is finalising the terms of reference for the inquiry by the end of this year.
PeakCare says the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse needs more Commissioners to cope with the scale of the investigation and ensure it doesn’t take longer than necessary.
The organisation’s call to broaden the inquiry’s scope is backed up by South Australia’s Dignity for Disability MP Kelly Vincent, who wants disability issues to be properly investigated and expressly referred to in the terms of reference.
Nance Haxton reports.
NANCE HAXTON: PeakCare represents more than 70 child protection bodies in Queensland.
The not-for-profit group has written a submission to the Federal Government asking that the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse consider having more than one commissioner.
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