AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Dan Conifer
The Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse is set to hold public hearings in regional Australia for the first time.
The commission was established in 2013 and has held public sessions in every capital city.
Commissioners have privately interviewed victims outside metropolitan areas, but survivors and lawyers have called for the commission to hold hearings in regional Australia.
The commission has announced it will hold public hearings in country areas this year and is likely to visit multiple regional centres.
Ballarat abuse survivor Andrew Collins said it was fantastic news.
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