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AAP on October 20, 2016
WA Premier Colin Barnett says scrapping the six-year time limit for survivors of child sexual abuse to take civil action has been adopted as Liberal policy but it won’t become law this year.
Debate on the private member’s bill was adjourned last week after Mr Barnett didn’t speak in support of it, then descended into personal abuse, with independent MP Rob Johnson labelling the premier a “disgraceful turd”.
On Thursday, Mr Barnett said the name-calling was shameful and “basically killed off the debate”.
“We have adopted formally now as government policy that we will change the statute of limitations but it’s not going to happen in the next two (parliamentary sitting) weeks, I’m afraid,” he told ABC radio.
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