AUSTRALIA
Bendigo Advertiser
Jan. 15, 2013
The Law Council of Australia welcomes the appointment of commissioners and the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The council is pleased the chair of the commission, Justice Peter McClellan AM, is an experienced judge and Queens Counsel.
The Law Council is pleased multiple commissioners have been appointed, including a commissioner of Aboriginal descent.
The sexual abuse of indigenous children raises particular issues, which require familiarity with indigenous peoples and culture.
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