Six commissioners will examine past and current child sexual abuse in organisations. They will look at:
* how organisations have managed and responded to claims of sexual abuse and other associated forms of abuse and neglect
* whether the response was enough
* what can be done better protect children under their care
* what should be done to identify child sexual abuse and encourage people to report it
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* how organisations should respond when they find out information that suggests that sexual abuse of children under their responsibility
* barriers and failures to reporting, investigating and dealing with cases of child sexual abuse in organisations
* how these barriers can be removed
* how to support survivors
* how to ensure victims receive justice
SCOPE
* Commissioners can look at any public or private organisation that is or has been involved with children
* Commission will hear from people affected by child sexual abuse
* Also will look at archives, records and documents, submissions from public, non-government and private organisations, and laws, policies and practices of institutions, organisations and governments
TIMING
* inquiry to start as soon as possible
* interim report by June 30, 2014
* royal commission set to end in 2015 but this could be extended
COMMISIONERS
1 - Justice Peter McClellan: Chief Judge at Common Law of the NSW
Supreme Court.
2 - Bob Atkinson: Former Queensland police commissioner.
3 - Justice Jennifer Coate: Family Court judge, former Victorian coroner and first Victorian Children's Court president.
4- Robert Fitzgerald: Productivity Commission commissioner, former NSW deputy ombudsman.
5 - Professor Helen Milroy: academic and consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist.
6 - Andrew Murray: Former Australian Democrats senator, patron of the Care Leavers Association and Alliance for Forgotten Australians.
