AUSTRALIA
SBS
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will move to Brisbane next week, the first time its held public hearings outside of Sydney.
By Natalie Ahmat
Source NITV News
The Queensland hearings are scheduled to run for up to two weeks, with others to be held in South Australia, Western Australia and the ACT over the next six months.
NITV spoke to Royal Commission CEO Janette Dines earlier today and asked whether many Indigenous Australians had come forward to share their stories so far.
“We’ve done a lot of work with local groups in the community and community leaders. We’ve travelled quite extensively to begin to build those networks in Indigenous communities.
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