AUSTRALIA
The Australian
Steve Lewis and Alicia Wood
From:The Daily Telegraph
January 12, 2013
THE most comprehensive investigation into child abuse in Australia will be headed by a NSW Supreme Court judge.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday announced an unprecedented six-strong royal commission, headed by Justice Peter McClellan, with wide-ranging powers to investigate decades of abuse by the church and other institutions.
Public hearings are expected to begin within months, and the commission will have its own investigations units.
The commission has been asked to provide an interim report within 18 months, and and is expected to cost more than $50 million during its three-year term.
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