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POSTED 07-04-2016
Cricket club admits it did not know how to handle child abuse allegations, Royal Commission told
A cricket club in rural Queensland has conceded it could have done more when child abuse allegations were made against a coach, while the governing body admits it cannot guarantee protection policies are in place.
POSTED 15-03-2016
Child sexual abuse compensation could be paid in state schemes
Child sexual abuse survivors have joined the Catholic Church to call on the Turnbull government to commit to a National Redress Scheme, fearing they will receive different levels of compensation, depending on where they were abused, through state-run schemes.
POSTED 01-03-2016
Cardinal George Pell denies knowledge of the activities of paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale
Cardinal George Pell faced the child abuse Royal Commission from a Rome hotel, drawing gasps from survivors as he declared the crimes of notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale were a "sad story" but "not of much interest" to him at the time.
POSTED 26-02-2016
Movie on Toowoomba sex abuse scandal starts filming
The biggest cast assembled for an Ipswich shot movie will be filming in town over the next few weeks.
Production began in the past week on Don't Tell, which will star Jack Thompson, Rachel Griffiths, Aden Young, Jacqueline Mckenzie, Martin Sacks, Gyton Grantley, Susie Porter and Robert Taylor to name a few.
POSTED 23-02-2016
Commission says abuse victims will get to hear Cardinal George Pell give evidence from Roman hotel room
Clerical abuse survivors from Ballarat will fly to Rome this weekend to hear Cardinal George Pell give evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
