AUSTRALIA
Australian Associated Press, appearing in news.com.au
December 10, 2017
By Megan Neil, AAP
Child abuse victims fear the $500 million royal commission’s final report later this week will be shelved and they may face a battle to get governments to act.
While survivors are grateful their voices have finally been heard and cover-ups exposed, there are concerns over what happens after the five-year institutions sexual abuse inquiry ends on Friday.
There is a lot of hope but also much anxiety and a real lack of certainty, survivor and activist Dr Cathy Kezelman says.
“The inquiry has provided a place where survivors felt that they had people who were looking after their interests,” the Blue Knot Foundation president said. “When the commission goes, who is going to take that position? Who will be able to keep ensuring that there are real changes to institutions, that institutions change in culture and structure and children are safe?
“We’re just hoping that a whole lot of people who put their hearts and souls on the line are not going to be let down.”
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