AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Danny Tran
Pressure is mounting on the Royal Commission in Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to return to Ballarat, with some victims considering a boycott if hearings are not moved from Melbourne.
The news has not swayed the royal commission, which appears to be going ahead with the Melbourne hearings in November.
Andrew Collins said survivors like himself were bitterly disappointed with the decision.
“They’re saying well, we just can’t do this … if they’re not going to put the survivors forefront in this, then maybe we won’t go,” he said.
“I think that by boycotting the event, it would send a message to the royal commission that they’ve lost the support of the very people they’re there to help.
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