AUSTRALIA
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A leading child protection advocate group isn’t worried the federal government has delayed settlement of the terms of reference for a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse until next year.
The Labor government on Friday said while work was continuing to establish the commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, the terms of reference now won’t be available until January, instead of this month.
Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnston told AAP while it would have been nice to have the terms of reference finalised before Christmas, the delay wasn’t an issue as long as the government got it right.
“There’s so much resting on this, we shouldn’t be rushing it,” she said.
“If they’re not happy, I’d rather it be delayed than to get it wrong.
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