Inquiries to cost about $260mln

AUSTRALIA
Sky News

The cost of three royal commissions, including an inquiry into child sexual abuse, is running at $260 million.

The total government outlay for the investigations over three years from 2013/14 comes to $260.3 million, the federal budget papers show.

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