Abuse Inquiry Will Work with States: PM

9 News
December 4, 2012

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2012/12/04/14/01/abuse-inquiry-will-work-with-states-pm

The federal royal commission into child sexual abuse should work well with similar inquiries already under way around the nation, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.

Ms Gillard said with a parliamentary inquiry into child sexual abuse in train in Victoria, and similar inquiries in progress in other parts of the nation, the royal commission she announced should work productively with them.

"We'll certainly be working with our state and territory colleagues so that the royal commission we're creating works well with what has already been done through those inquiries," she told reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Victoria's parliamentary inquiry into sexual abuse within religious organisations began hearings in October and is due to report to the government in April.

The NSW government has announced a commission of inquiry into child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in the Hunter region that is due to report also in April.