AUSTRALIA
Pro Bono Australia
The Royal Commission into Child Abuse is about to enter its third year with private and public hearings due to resume next week.
The Commission is also set to hold public hearings in regional Australia for the first time.
In September 2014 the Federal Government agreed to an extension for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse for a further two years.
The Federal Government was asked to provide another $104 million and a further two years to complete the Royal Commission investigations into how institutions across Australia have responded to allegations of child sexual abuse.
The time extension would see the Commission complete its final report by December 15 2017.
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