AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Patrick Wright and David Sparkes
Australia’s police commissioners are considering issuing an apology to victims of child sex abuse following the release of a royal commission report later this year.
The matter was considered at a meeting of Australia’s police chiefs in September after a request from the Care Leavers Australasia Network (CLAN), which supports and advocates for people abused as children in orphanages, foster care and other institutions.
Victoria Police chief commissioner Graham Ashton, who chaired the meeting, said while an apology was likely, commissioners would consider the child abuse royal commission’s final report, due to be released in December, before making a decision.
“We did have a chat with the royal commission regarding the timing of their final report,” he told ABC Radio Melbourne.
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