AUSTRALIA
Sky News
The child sexual abuse royal commission should be given a two-year extension to ‘open the floodgates’ for victims who are growing more confident in telling their stories, a survivor says.
John Hennessey, 78, says he expects the commission, which as part of its interim report said it needs $104 million to conduct more than 3000 individual sessions, will be granted the extension.
‘It’s got to be done,’ Mr Hennessey told AAP.
‘I don’t think any other royal commission has had such an impact on society and it’s blown away a lot of cobwebs.’
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