AUSTRALIA
The Australian
Rick Morton
From:The Australian
January 11, 2013
JULIA Gillard says six “very eminent” Australians conducting the royal commission into child sexual abuse will ensure victims will no longer be ignored.
Julia Gillard today announced the terms of reference for the inquiry, to be led by senior NSW judge Peter McClellan, and which will be expected to provide an interim report by the end of June 2014. It is scheduled to wind up in December 2015.
As well as the appointment of six royal commissioners, the inquiry will include a special unit to investigate cases of sexual assault and organisational cover-up to ensure the inquiry does not get bogged down by thousands of individual claims.
Ms Gillard said the nation needed the royal commission because child sexual abuse in institutions was a “hideous, shocking and vile crime” and victims needed to be heard.
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