AUSTRALIA
The Age

July 9, 2013

Barney Zwartz
Religion editor, The Age.

From the twitterati to lonely late-night-radio listeners, reaching the vast and diverse number of Australians affected by child sexual abuse is the biggest challenge facing the royal commission in its early stages, according to its chief executive Janette Dines.

She said the commissioners were acutely aware that in hearing victims’ stories they were ”bearing witness on behalf of the nation”.

The biggest obstacle to fulfilling this duty was that such different sections of the community had to be engaged – from those late-night-radio listeners who could not be contacted any other way, to disabled people, remote indigenous communities and young Twitter followers, Ms Dines said.

”We are going to have to hire someone who works 24/7 on social media. I don’t think a lot of royal commission CEOs go on late-night radio or television or hold…