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 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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