AUSTRALIA
Prime Minister of Australia
FRI 11 JANUARY 2013
Prime Minister
Sydney
Subject(s): Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse; Newstart; Executive remuneration; Drink spiking in Indonesia; Cyber-bullying; NSW bushfires
PM: Good afternoon.
With Ministers Macklin and Roxon who are here with me today, I have just visited the Governor-General, and the Governor-General has agreed to my request to establish a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia.
In November, I announced the Government’s intention to have such a Royal Commission.
Since that announcement in November we’ve been involved in a process of consultation about the terms of reference and Minister Macklin will detail some of the consultations that have been gone through.
In addition, I had the opportunity to speak directly to my State and Territory colleagues about collaborating on this at the Council of Australian Governments meeting towards the end of last year.
Following those consultations and discussions, today we can announce the establishment of the Royal Commission.
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