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Call for New Law on Reporting Child Sexual Abuse

Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 10th September 2015 - The Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council has called for the introduction of a new, consistent nation-wide criminal law requiring the reporting to the police…

Call for Royal Commission Into Disability Abuse

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 27th August 2015 - A coalition of peak disability organisations is calling for a Royal Commission into violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in Australia, describing the abuse…

National Child Abuse Redress Scheme ‘Complicated’

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 16th July 2015 - The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is about to release its recommendations around a national redress scheme but has warned that…

NFPs Key in Royal Commission

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 14th July 2015 - More than half of the submissions to Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence have come from Not for Profits working on the ground dealing with the family effects and…

Charities, Churches to Address Child Abuse Compensation

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 12th March 2015 - Charities, churches and Governments will have a chance to outline their positions on compensation to victims of child sexual abuse at an upcoming Royal Commission hearing. The Royal…

Pell Failed Child Sex Abuse Victim – Royal Commission

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th February 2015 - The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found that Cardinal George Pell and the Sydney Catholic Archdiocese repeatedly failed in their dealings…

Child Abuse Victims Could Receive $4 Billion

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 3rd February 2015 - Australian churches, charitable organisations and schools may have to pay the majority of $4.3 billion worth of compensation to victims of child sexual abuse. The Royal Commission…

Church Calls For National Victims Scheme

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2014 - A submission from the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council to the child abuse Royal Commission has called for a mandatory national victims’ redress…

Child Abuse Royal Commission Seeks Extension

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st July 2014 - The Federal Government has been asked to provide another $104 million and a further two years to complete the Royal Commission investigations into how institutions across Australia…

Pell Promoted to Top Vatican Job

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 25th February 2014 - Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop Cardinal George Pell has been promoted to a newly-created position in the Vatican, to be taken up once he has given evidence to the Royal Commission…

Church Releases Child Sexual Abuse Reform Proposals

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 - The leadership of the Catholic Church in Australia has development a reform agenda which it says could see the most significant overhaul of the Church’s approach to clerical…

Free Legal Service for Child Abuse Royal Commission

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 16th July 2013 - A free legal advisory service has been launched to give advice and support for people seeking to engage with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.…

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