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Commission on child sexual abuse "national tragedy" ends

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the final sitting of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the final sitting of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney Source: AAP

The events examined by the five-year Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse have been described as a national tragedy at a final hearing in Sydney. More than 8,000 survivors gave evidence in the inquiry, offering confronting details of alleged cover-ups by institutions and an immense failure to protect vulnerable children.



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