Truth can now be told
The guilty verdicts will open the way for heavily redacted sections of the child abuse royal commission to be released.
The guilty verdicts will open the way for heavily redacted sections of the child abuse royal commission to be released.
Almost a quarter of callers to the Northern Territory’s child protection hotline did not get to report their concerns to anyone.
Teenagers sexually abused as while serving with the ADF say they have been overlooked in preparations for a national apology.
The Catholic Church has defied the abuse royal commission on the confessional seal, but agreed to 98 per cent of its other recommendations.
Catholic priests in South Australia will defy new laws requiring them to report confessions of child sexual abuse.
Malcolm Turnbull outlines the government’s response to the abuse royal commission as he sets a date for an apology to victims.
The Anglican Church, Salvation Army, Scouts Australia and the YMCA will join the redress scheme for child abuse survivors.
The Catholic Church will join the $4bn child abuse redress scheme in the first move from the faith’s new head of bishops.
The redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse has moved closer to nationwide coverage, adding to pressure on WA and SA to join.
A Queensland decision on whether to sign up to the commonwealth’s $4bn sex-abuse redress scheme is at hand.
VICTORIA’S Court of Appeal has upheld a conviction against one of Australia’s most notorious pedophile priests.
A NSW inquiry into the alleged cover-up of child abuse within the Catholic Church will focus solely on one former priest.
VICTIMS advocates have called for a sex abuse compensation fund, although Nicola Roxon says compensation isn’t the focus.
THE Catholic Church will review its national sexual abuse complaints policy.
COMPENSATION for victims will be a second order priority for the royal commission into child abuse, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon says.
THE Anglican Church will retain mandatory reporting to police of child sex abuse complaints.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL Nicola Roxon has moved to rein in expectations about the scope of the national royal commission into child sexual abuse.
VICTIM advocates and the Catholic Church agree the abuse royal commission needs to ensure victims can give evidence anonymously.
THE co-author of the Little Children Are Sacred report has warned the government about the royal commission into child abuse.
CONCERNS are growing that the child abuse royal commission risks becoming “unwieldy”, as law firms begin advertising for victims.
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