AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Australian Associated Press
Saturday 4 July 2015
The chair of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse is worried there will not be enough time for all victims to tell their story, despite a two-year extension to the inquiry.
Justice Peter McClellan says the royal commission has already held more than 3,600 private sessions since it began in April 2013.
Informal private sessions are held in conjunction with public hearings.
The sessions allow abuse victims to speak directly with the inquiry’s commissioners.
McClellan expects 7,000 private sessions will be held by the time the royal commission is completed in December 2017.
The inquiry’s original term was extended by two years in 2014 after it warned it needed more time and money.
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