AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
By PETER KELSO
Jan. 14, 2013
Peter Kelso is director of the Newcastle based Kelso’s – The Law Firm which specialises in victims of crime matters. He has been a practicing solicitor for almost 30 years.
WORK came to a standstill in my office last Friday.
Staff left their desks and crowded into the boardroom to watch our Prime Minister on television outlining the terms of reference of the royal commission.
There was a sense that something big and significant was happening.
The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse will be the largest royal commission in Australia’s history.
It will be focusing on the sexual abuse of children in the institutions that were supposed to care for them. It will put a spotlight on church, secular and state institutions. It will run for at least three years.
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