AUSTRALIA
The Advocate
By DOUG DINGWALL Feb. 20, 2014
TASMANIA will host a public hearing for the royal commission into child sex abuse within a year.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse confirmed it would visit Tasmania for a public hearing at a time after scheduled hearings are finished in June.
It has scheduled hearings in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the ACT before July.
Greens MP Paul O’Halloran on Wednesday called for the royal commission to schedule a Tasmanian public hearing.
He said it was important for child sex abuse victims to give evidence in public hearings close to their homes, where they had support.
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