AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Daniel Hurst, political correspondent, and Helen Davidson
theguardian.com, Tuesday 2 September 2014
Australia’s royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse will be extended by two years at a cost of $126m.
The attorney general, George Brandis, said the government’s decision would alter the commission’s reporting date to 15 December 2017.
“I’m assured by the chairman of the royal commission, Justice [Peter] McClellan, that this will be sufficient to enable the royal commission to complete its work,” Brandis told the Senate on Tuesday.
“The extension of the royal commission will be at a cost of $125.8m. That is in addition to the $377m currently budgeted for, bringing the commonwealth’s total commitment to slightly above $500m.
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