AUSTRALIA
The Daily Telegraph
BRUCE MCDOUGALL THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MAY 15, 2013
THE landmark royal commission into institutional responses to child sex abuse will cost taxpayers more than $434 million over the next four years.
Funding earmarked in the Federal Budget this year includes $45 million to provide expert services to support the survivors of child sexual abuse, Treasurer Wayne Swan said last night.
The commission has begun investigating the responses of large institutions such as the Catholic Church to allegations and incidents of child sexual abuse and how children can be better protected in the future.
But Mr Swan said even more money may be needed because the number of complaints and the number and location of hearings was still unknown.
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