AUSTRALIA
ABC Gippsland
By Celine Foenander
How hard will it be for people who grew up in orphanages and homes to make a submission to the Royal Commission?
Longford resident Ray Shingles says it will be tough but he plans on sharing his story.
“This is a big thing with the Royal Commission, this is our last gasp for them to get it right and I think they will get it right,” he says.
“I have a voice and in my community of Forgotten Australians, I will always have a voice and I will always barrack for the underprivileged in the Forgotten Australians.”
The Forgotten Australians, people who spent time in homes, orphanages and out of home care will be among those preparing submissions to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
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