• Terms of reference for child abuse royal commission are announced. [Australia]
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[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 800, align: left"] [TR] [TD][TABLE="width: 800, align: center"] [TR] [TD][h2]Terms of reference for child abuse royal commission are announced.[/h2][B]Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the terms of the Royal Commission into institutional child abuse, with plans for a legislative change to allow for more evidence to be submitted. Here are the details of the Commission. [/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE="width: 800, align: center"] [TR] [TD]TRUTH, justice and redress: bold promises for a royal commission, but ones Australians have been longing to hear when it comes to the scandal of child sex abuse. At first sight, victims and their supporters are greatly heartened by Friday's announcements: both the commissioners and the terms of reference seem excellent. The reasons why the inquiry was necessary - the suicides and premature deaths, the plight of survivors, the concealment and protection of predators, the barriers to justice, the need for law reform and more - are all recognised. The government has promised the necessary resources, including for advocacy groups, given a long and extendable time frame, but balanced that with a request for an interim report after 18 months and set up a mechanism by which police can investigate and prosecute as the commission keeps working. In some ways the most vital work the six commissioners will do over their three-year mandate will take place in the first two months, as they decide how they will operate and who they will hear. The commission has two mutually exclusive imperatives: to be as thorough as possible, yet also timely. Six commissioners will examine past and current child sexual abuse in organisations. They will look at: * how organisations have managed and responded to claims of sexual abuse and other associated forms of abuse and neglect * whether the response was enough * what can be done better protect children under their care * what should be done to identify child sexual abuse and encourage people to report it * how organisations should respond when they find out information that suggests that sexual abuse of children under their responsibility * barriers and failures to reporting, investigating and dealing with cases of child sexual abuse in organisations * how these barriers can be removed * how to support survivors * how to ensure victims receive justice [B]SCOPE[/B] * Commissioners can look at any public or private organisation that is or has been involved with children * Commission will hear from people affected by child sexual abuse * Also will look at archives, records and documents, submissions from public, non-government and private organisations, and laws, policies and practices of institutions, organisations and governments [B]TIMING[/B] * inquiry to start as soon as possible * interim report by June 30, 2014 * royal commission set to end in 2015 but this could be extended [B]COMMISIONERS[/B] [B]1 - Justice Peter McClellan:[/B] Chief Judge at Common Law of the NSW Supreme Court. [B]2 - Bob Atkinson:[/B] Former Queensland police commissioner. [B]3 - Justice Jennifer Coate:[/B] Family Court judge, former Victorian coroner and first Victorian Children's Court president. [B]4- Robert Fitzgerald:[/B] Productivity Commission commissioner, former NSW deputy ombudsman. [B]5 - Professor Helen Milroy:[/B] academic and consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist. [B]6 - Andrew Murray:[/B] Former Australian Democrats senator, patron of the Care Leavers Association and Alliance for Forgotten Australians.[/TD] [TD][IMG]http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2013/01/11/3947491/1201commisionpanel_353px-300x0.jpg[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]SOURCE: [/B] [URL]http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1726136/Factbox--Terms-of-reference-for-child-abuse-royal-commission[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]SOURCE: [/B] [URL]http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/scale-of-the-task-ahead-is-daunting-20130111-2cli2.html[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
its about time something like this was done
Fucking finally
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