AUSTRALIA
9 News
The “broad expertise” of the six members of a royal commission into child sexual abuse will ensure a balanced approach to the investigation, a leading church welfare group says.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced on Friday that NSW Supreme Court judge Peter McClellan would head the commission as it examines institutional responses to child sex abuse.
UnitingCare Australia National Director Lin Hatfield Dodds has welcomed the appointment of multiple commissioners, saying her group had urged such an approach.
“In our submission, we argued for the appointment of more than just one commissioner, saying a broad range of expertise was needed to deal with the volume of work that this issue will generate,” Ms Hatfield Dodds said.
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