AUSTRALIA
Canberra Times
Katie Burgess
Education minister Yvette Berry says the ACT government will not wait for the findings of a royal commission to re-examine how it regulates non-government schools.
On Friday, Ms Berry told a committee hearing she was still waiting for the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn to explain how an ex-priest stood down over inappropriately touching a child came to live next to two primary schools.
“There’s an expectation from the government and the community that this incident should not have occurred particularly given the conversation we’re having with the royal commission’s investigations,” Ms Berry said.
“We’ve asked for an explanation from the archdiocese on Tuesday and we’re still waiting for a response about how this could occur and how it did occur.”
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