AUSTRALIA
The Rural
By Bianca Hall, Michelle Grattan and Josephine Tovey
Jan. 11, 2013
AN investigation unit designed to prosecute sex offenders will be established as part of the royal commission on the sexual abuse of children due to begin later this year.
The federal government will today announce the terms of reference for the commission, which will focus on the ”systemic failures and issues” in the response of organisations and institutions to the sexual abuse of children.
While royal commissions do not have the power to prosecute individuals, the government will ensure that allegations of abuse raised by the commission can be investigated and, if proven, prosecuted.
Fairfax Media understands that the commission’s terms of reference will require commissioners to establish a process for the referral of individual cases to the police.
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