AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
By JOANNE McCARTHY
Feb. 8, 2013
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has revealed the Newcastle Herald’s ‘‘Shine the Light’’ campaign ‘‘got into my head’’, in an exclusive interview about Australia’s historic royal commission into child sexual abuse.
‘‘I think it got into my head, and got into my language because of the campaign,’’ Ms Gillard said on Thursday about her use of the phrase ‘‘shine a light’’ during a media conference on January 11 to announce the six royal commissioners.
The Herald launched its ‘‘Shine the Light’’ campaign for a royal commission on August 4 last year after the suicide of Belmont North child sex victim John Pirona in July.
In announcing the commission, Ms Gillard answered a question by saying: ‘‘We have all got an obligation to shine a light on what’s happened in the past’’.
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