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Posted on April 16, 2014 by lewisblayse
The author has recently become aware of a call by Justice Peter McClellan for an extension of time for the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
At present, the Commission is to due be wrapped up by the end of 2015, with an interim report due in the middle of this year.
Justice McClellan has called on Australian Attorney-General, George Brandis, to give the Commission another two years to complete its work.
Justice McClellan, noting some of the ‘victories’ already achieved by the Royal Commission, has warned that as many as 2,000 people may miss out on providing their stories to the Royal Commission. That number is almost certainly an underestimate, but even if we take this as the number of people who are yet to speak to the Commission, it certainly underscores the need for the Commission to be provided with the extension it requests.
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