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Issues Papers

The Royal Commission released 11 issues papers on topics related to our work. This provided organisations and individuals with the opportunity to contribute to our consideration of systemic issues. Issues included the provision of advocacy and support and therapeutic treatment services, experiences of police and prosecution responses to reports of child sexual abuse, and preventing child sexual abuse in out-of-home care.

Our policy processes were strengthened by the high number of detailed submissions to these papers. We received over 1,000 submissions, the majority of which were published on the Royal Commission website.

Issues paper 1: Working With Children Check

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Issues paper 1: Working with Children Check (PDF)

DownloadPDF 219 KB

Submissions

1. Mr. Bennett Parish of St Mary of the Angels Geelong (PDF)

DownloadPDF 291 KB

2. Ms. Hall (PDF)

DownloadPDF 354 KB

3. The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter day Saints (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

4. ACT Children Young People Commissioner (PDF)

DownloadPDF 111 KB

5. Scouts Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 563 KB

6. Bravehearts (PDF)

DownloadPDF 230 KB

7. Australian Bahai Community (PDF)

DownloadPDF 136 KB

8. Australian Childrens Education Care Quality Authority (PDF)

DownloadPDF 337 KB

9. Child Wise (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

10. Legal Aid NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 62 KB

11. St Vincent de Paul Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 562 KB

12. Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF)

DownloadPDF 330 KB

13. State of Queensland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 336 KB

14. MacKillop Family Services (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

15. Mission Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

16. Northern Sydney Sexual Assault Service (PDF)

DownloadPDF 182 KB

17. Tzedek (PDF)

DownloadPDF 592 KB

18. Wesley Dalmar (PDF)

DownloadPDF 349 KB

19. Alliance for Children at Risk (PDF)

DownloadPDF 323 KB

20. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 209 KB

21. Association of Nursing Recruitment Agencies ANRA and Medical Recruiters Aus NZ (PDF)

DownloadPDF 413 KB

22. ACT Council of Parents Citizens Associations (PDF)

DownloadPDF 295 KB

23. Anglican Church of Australia General Synod (PDF)

DownloadPDF 282 KB

24. Anglican Diocese of Melbourne (PDF)

DownloadPDF 298 KB

25. Anglican Schools Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 730 KB

26. Barnados Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 470 KB

27. Australian Capital Territory (PDF)

DownloadPDF 304 KB

28. Jehovahs Witness Survivors Victim Advocacy-Group (PDF)

DownloadPDF 313 KB

29. Lutheran Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 493 KB

30. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 125 KB

31. State of New South Wales (PDF)

DownloadPDF 251 KB

32. Legal Services Commission of South Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 663 KB

33. PeakCare Queensland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 373 KB

34. Salvation Army in Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 606 KB

35. Smith Family (PDF)

DownloadPDF 340 KB

36. Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co-Op.-Ltd (PDF)

DownloadPDF 363 KB

37. State of Western Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 306 KB

38. YMCA Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 264 KB

39. Commonwealth of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 10 MB

40. Commissioner for Victims Rights SA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 122 KB

41. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 441 KB

42. Independent Education Union of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 494 KB

43. Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 598 KB

44. Mr. Seaton (PDF)

DownloadPDF 236 KB

45. PilchConnect (PDF)

DownloadPDF 155 KB

46. Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (AbSec) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 544 KB

47. New South Wales Children's Guardian (PDF)

DownloadPDF 238 KB

48. Save the Children Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

49. National Disability Services (PDF)

DownloadPDF 156 KB

50. Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

51. Victoria Legal Aid (PDF)

DownloadPDF 540 KB

52. The PRM Group (PDF)

DownloadPDF 169 KB

53. WA Council of Social Service Inc (PDF)

DownloadPDF 145 KB

54. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 780 KB

55. Independent Regional Mothers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 145 KB

56. Mr. Hartmann (PDF)

DownloadPDF 101 KB

57. Mr. Cherrie (PDF)

DownloadPDF 179 KB

58. Dr. Lomas (PDF)

DownloadPDF 178 KB

59. Dr. Donovan (PDF)

DownloadPDF 102 KB

60. Care Leavers Australia Network (PDF)

DownloadPDF 633 KB

61. Anglicare Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 598 KB

62. Mr. Azzopardi (PDF)

DownloadPDF 91 KB

63. Broken Rites (PDF)

DownloadPDF 298 KB

64. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 481 KB

65. Law Council of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 248 KB

66. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 105 KB

67. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 519 KB

68. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 188 KB

69. Tasmanian Association of State School Organisations (PDF)

DownloadPDF 315 KB

70. Uniting Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 182 KB

71. ACU, Institute of Child Protection Studies (PDF)

DownloadPDF 532 KB

72. Surf Lifesaving Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 343 KB

73. New South Wales Ombudsman (PDF)

DownloadPDF 510 KB

74. Mary Rutledge (PDF)

DownloadPDF 128 KB

75. State of Victoria (PDF)

DownloadPDF 512 KB

76. Victoria Commissioner for Children and Young People (PDF)

DownloadPDF 563 KB

77. NSW-ACT Independent Education Union submission (PDF)

DownloadPDF 529 KB

78. Community Employers WA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 324 KB

79. Youth Affairs Council of South Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 254 KB

Issues paper 2: Towards Healing

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Issues paper 2: Towards Healing (PDF)

DownloadPDF 340 KB

Submissions

1. Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF)

DownloadPDF 314 KB

2. Concerned Queensland Catholics (PDF)

DownloadPDF 223 KB

3. Lewis Holdway Lawyers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

4. Catholics for Renewal Incorporated (PDF)

DownloadPDF 473 KB

5. Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF)

DownloadPDF 6 MB

6. Broken Rites (PDF)

DownloadPDF 4 MB

7. Knowmore (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

8. UTS Business School- Centre for Health Economics Research and Education (PDF)

DownloadPDF 206 KB

9. Bravehearts (PDF)

DownloadPDF 313 KB

10. Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 844 KB

11. NSW Ombudsman (PDF)

DownloadPDF 70 KB

12. Law Council of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 537 KB

13. Slater and Gordon (PDF)

DownloadPDF 187 KB

14. Judy Courtin (PDF)

DownloadPDF 632 KB

15. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

16. Micah Projects (PDF)

DownloadPDF 979 KB

17. Mary Power Graham Castledine and Kate Castledine (PDF)

DownloadPDF 235 KB

18. John Ellis Nicola Ellis (PDF)

DownloadPDF 11 MB

19. Greg Rooney (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

20. John Menadue (PDF)

DownloadPDF 139 KB

21. Care Leavers Australia Network (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

22. COIN (PDF)

DownloadPDF 9 MB

23. Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Abuse CASA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 25 KB

Issues paper 3: Child safe institutions

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Issues paper 3: Child safe institutions (PDF)

DownloadPDF 205 KB

Submissions

1. Barnardos Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 583 KB

2. Anglican Diocese of Brisbane (PDF)

DownloadPDF 39 KB

3. Children Family Services Ballarat (PDF)

DownloadPDF 373 KB

4. Anglican Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 275 KB

5. Sharlene Hall (PDF)

DownloadPDF 32 KB

6. Commissioner for Children and Young People WA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

7. Uniting Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 473 KB

8. Victorian Catholic Schools Parent Body (PDF)

DownloadPDF 300 KB

9. Association of Independent Schools NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 422 KB

10. Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (PDF)

DownloadPDF 43 KB

11. Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF)

DownloadPDF 380 KB

12. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 324 KB

13. Berry Street (PDF)

DownloadPDF 167 KB

14. Child Wise (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

15. Childrens Protection Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 995 KB

16. ChildSafe Limited (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

17. Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian QLD (PDF)

DownloadPDF 433 KB

18. Good Beginnings Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 695 KB

19. Legal Aid NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

20. Lutheran Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 481 KB

21. NSW Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 328 KB

22. PeakCare Queensland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 394 KB

23. Salvation Army (PDF)

DownloadPDF 601 KB

24. Save the Children (PDF)

DownloadPDF 115 KB

25. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 770 KB

26. YMCA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 230 KB

27. Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

DownloadPDF 116 KB

28. Anglicare Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 242 KB

29. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 204 KB

30. Commissioner for Victims Rights SA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 874 KB

31. Families Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 211 KB

32. Australian Institute of Family Studies (PDF)

DownloadPDF 21 KB

33. National Disability Services (PDF)

DownloadPDF 43 KB

34. NSW Ombudsman (PDF)

DownloadPDF 46 KB

35. Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (PDF)

DownloadPDF 154 KB

36. Australian Childrens Commissioners and Guardians (PDF)

DownloadPDF 269 KB

37. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 382 KB

38. Australian Childhood Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

39. Network of Community Activities (PDF)

DownloadPDF 397 KB

40. Scouts Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 562 KB

41. Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

42. People with Disability Australia Incorporated (PDF)

DownloadPDF 242 KB

43. Bravehearts (PDF)

DownloadPDF 565 KB

44. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 78 KB

45. Micah Projects (PDF)

DownloadPDF 959 KB

46. ACT Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

47. Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 734 KB

48. NAPCAN National Association for Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Neglect (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

49. SA Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 109 KB

50. Tasmanian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 110 KB

51. Victorian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 673 KB

52. Australian Federal Police (PDF)

DownloadPDF 80 KB

53. Queensland Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 148 KB

Issues paper 4: Preventing sexual abuse of children in out-of-home care

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Issues paper 4: Preventing sexual abuse of children in out-of-home care (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

Submissions

1. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 83 KB

2. Lyn Cobb (PDF)

DownloadPDF 42 KB

3. Dr Frank Ainsworth (PDF)

DownloadPDF 118 KB

4. Barnados Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 560 KB

5. Queensland State Archives (PDF)

DownloadPDF 547 KB

6. Australian Senate (PDF)

DownloadPDF 53 KB

7. Commissioner for Children and Young People WA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

8. Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF)

DownloadPDF 274 KB

9. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 102 KB

10. Child Wise (PDF)

DownloadPDF 694 KB

11. Mr Brian Cherrie (PDF)

DownloadPDF 42 KB

12. Act for Kids (PDF)

DownloadPDF 378 KB

13. Anglicare Sydney (PDF)

DownloadPDF 577 KB

14. Lutheran Church (PDF)

DownloadPDF 528 KB

15. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 17 KB

16. Anglicare Victoria (PDF)

DownloadPDF 316 KB

17. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 344 KB

18. Berry Street (PDF)

DownloadPDF 187 KB

19. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 497 KB

20. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 41 KB

21. Find and Connect Web Resource Project (PDF)

DownloadPDF 517 KB

22. Knowmore (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

23. Life Without Barriers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 441 KB

24. Mercurio Cicchini 1 (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

25. Dr Michelle Townsend (PDF)

DownloadPDF 6 MB

26. Protective Behaviours Consultancy Group of NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 747 KB

27. Queensland Law Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 903 KB

28. Relationships Australia WA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 178 KB

29. Rev Graham Nathan Guy (PDF)

DownloadPDF 50 KB

30. Salvation Army (PDF)

DownloadPDF 653 KB

31. Tasmanian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 214 KB

32. Vicpsychplus (PDF)

DownloadPDF 356 KB

33. Wesley Dalmar (PDF)

DownloadPDF 106 KB

34. Western NSW Local Health District (PDF)

DownloadPDF 305 KB

35. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 470 KB

36. Broken Rites (PDF)

DownloadPDF 53 KB

37. PeakCare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 650 KB

38. MacKillop Family Services (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

39. Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists (PDF)

DownloadPDF 304 KB

40. Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 437 KB

41. Australian Capitol Territory Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

42. Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Qld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 813 KB

43. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 790 KB

44. Queensland Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 193 KB

45. Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies (PDF)

DownloadPDF 233 KB

46. Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF)

DownloadPDF 342 KB

47. Western Australia Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

48. Alliance for Forgotten Australians (PDF)

DownloadPDF 215 KB

49. Anglican Church (PDF)

DownloadPDF 203 KB

50. Anglicare Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

51. Uniting Church (PDF)

DownloadPDF 251 KB

52. Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (PDF)

DownloadPDF 4 MB

53. Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (PDF)

DownloadPDF 186 KB

54. Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People (PDF)

DownloadPDF 679 KB

55. ACT Child and Young People Commissioner (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

56. Law Society of NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

57. AbSec (PDF)

DownloadPDF 729 KB

58. NSW Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 120 KB

59. SA Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

60. Victorian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 823 KB

61. NSW Office of Childrens Guardian (PDF)

DownloadPDF 173 KB

62. NSW Ombudsman (PDF)

DownloadPDF 193 KB

63. Bravehearts (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

Issues paper 5: Civil litigation

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Issues paper 5: Civil litigation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 269 KB

Submissions

1. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 159 KB

2. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 107 KB

3. Kate Mannix (PDF)

DownloadPDF 356 KB

4. Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF)

DownloadPDF 484 KB

5. Ryan Carlisle Thomas (PDF)

DownloadPDF 27 MB

6. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 134 KB

7. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 608 KB

8. Kevin Linderberg (PDF)

DownloadPDF 674 KB

9. ACT Children & Young People Commissioner (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

10. Alliance for Forgotten Australians (PDF)

DownloadPDF 483 KB

11. Anglican Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 191 KB

12. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 361 KB

13. Barnardos Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 229 KB

14. Bravehearts (PDF)

DownloadPDF 270 KB

15. Janice MacKenzie (PDF)

DownloadPDF 121 KB

16. Kingsford Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

17. Knowmore (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

18. Mark J. Cohen (PDF)

DownloadPDF 661 KB

19. RIM Professionals Victoria Branch (PDF)

DownloadPDF 748 KB

20. Victorian Commission for Children and Young People (PDF)

DownloadPDF 211 KB

21. Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 649 KB

22. Legal Aid NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 152 KB

23. Rev Graham Nathan Guy (PDF)

DownloadPDF 168 KB

24. Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

25. Micah Projects (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

26. Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service & Human Rights Law Centre (JOINT) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 881 KB

27. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 53 KB

28. Dr Jane Wangmann (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

29. Law Council of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 324 KB

30. Salvation Army (PDF)

DownloadPDF 644 KB

31. Geraldton Community Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 78 KB

32. NSW Bar Association (PDF)

DownloadPDF 673 KB

33. Dr Ben Mathews (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

34. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 471 KB

35. State of Western Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 313 KB

36. Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 184 KB

37. David Hill (PDF)

DownloadPDF 90 KB

38. Barbara Cummings (PDF)

DownloadPDF 252 KB

39. Tasmanian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 287 KB

40. South Australian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 5 MB

41. Uniting Church of Australia - Synod of Victoria-Tasmania (PDF)

DownloadPDF 439 KB

Issues paper 6: Redress schemes

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Issues paper 6: Redress schemes (PDF)

DownloadPDF 333 KB

Submissions

1. David Hill (PDF)

DownloadPDF 90 KB

2. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 101 KB

4. Catholics for Renewal Inc. (PDF)

DownloadPDF 238 KB

5. Bryan Keon-Cohen (PDF)

DownloadPDF 69 KB

6. Gail Green and Janice Mackenzie et al (PDF)

DownloadPDF 443 KB

7. Frank Golding (PDF)

DownloadPDF 128 KB

8. Joseph Poznanski (PDF)

DownloadPDF 781 KB

9. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 372 KB

10. Sandra Newchurch (PDF)

DownloadPDF 190 KB

11. Tuart Place (PDF)

DownloadPDF 534 KB

12. Garry Shooks (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

13. Jeff & Patricia Curnow (PDF)

DownloadPDF 152 KB

14. Phylis Read (PDF)

DownloadPDF 75 KB

15. Rhonda Allan (PDF)

DownloadPDF 70 KB

16. Sophie Martin (PDF)

DownloadPDF 50 KB

17. Geraldton Community Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 72 KB

18. Greg Rooney (PDF)

DownloadPDF 626 KB

19. Joshua Warren-Davis (PDF)

DownloadPDF 137 KB

20. Maddens Lawyers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 232 KB

21. Raymond Shingles (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

22. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 92 KB

23. Roy Tester (PDF)

DownloadPDF 171 KB

24. Tzedek (PDF)

DownloadPDF 142 KB

25. Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies - Sydney University (PDF)

DownloadPDF 318 KB

26. Gabrielle Short (PDF)

DownloadPDF 133 KB

27. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 73 KB

28. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 90 KB

29. Patricia Slatterie (PDF)

DownloadPDF 67 KB

30. Alliance for Forgotten Australians (PDF)

DownloadPDF 460 KB

31. Barbara Cummings (PDF)

DownloadPDF 328 KB

32. Barnardos Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 252 KB

33. Berry Street (PDF)

DownloadPDF 91 KB

34. Bravehearts (PDF)

DownloadPDF 6 MB

35. Centre Against Sexual Violence (PDF)

DownloadPDF 194 KB

36. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 529 KB

37. Child Migrants Trust (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

38. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

39. Graham Bridgland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 143 KB

40. International Association of Former Child Migrants and their Families (PDF)

DownloadPDF 111 KB

41. Kelso's - The Law Firm (PDF)

DownloadPDF 394 KB

42. Kingsford Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

43. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

44. Open Place (PDF)

DownloadPDF 72 KB

45. Professor Kathleen Daly - Griffith Uni (PDF)

DownloadPDF 112 KB

46. Ryan Carlisle Thomas (PDF)

DownloadPDF 52 KB

47. Tasmanian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 90 KB

48. Uniting Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 425 KB

49. Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

50. Anglican Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 169 KB

51. Broken Rites (PDF)

DownloadPDF 39 KB

52. Michael King (PDF)

DownloadPDF 96 KB

53. Salvation Army Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 675 KB

54. Steven Page (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

55. Anglicare WA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 127 KB

56. SNAP Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 115 KB

57. Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 476 KB

58. Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

DownloadPDF 17 KB

59. Western Australian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 227 KB

60. Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc. (PDF)

DownloadPDF 9 MB

61. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 139 KB

62. Victim Support Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 221 KB

63. Incest Survivors Association (PDF)

DownloadPDF 445 KB

64. Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 460 KB

65. Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF)

DownloadPDF 303 KB

66. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 51 KB

67. South Australian Commissioner for Victims' Rights (PDF)

DownloadPDF 308 KB

68. Commission of Inquiry Now (COIN) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

69. Victorian Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 196 KB

70. Ballarat Survivors Group (PDF)

DownloadPDF 113 KB

71. In Good Faith Foundation and Melbourne Victim's Collective (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

72. Knowmore (PDF)

DownloadPDF 7 MB

73. Micah Projects (PDF)

DownloadPDF 434 KB

74. Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co-op Limited (VACCA) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 149 KB

75. Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People (PDF)

DownloadPDF 5 MB

76. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 73 KB

77. Kimberley Community Legal Services (PDF)

DownloadPDF 903 KB

78. Aldo Bayona (PDF)

DownloadPDF 646 KB

79. NT Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 535 KB

80. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 673 KB

81. Brian Cherrie (PDF)

DownloadPDF 179 KB

82. Actuaries Institute (PDF)

DownloadPDF 5 MB

83. Council of the Churches of Christ in Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 215 KB

84. Melbourne Anglican Diocese (PDF)

DownloadPDF 239 KB

Issues paper 7: Statutory victims of crime compensation schemes

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Issues paper 7: Statutory victims of crime compensation schemes (PDF)

DownloadPDF 137 KB

Submissions

1. Independent Regional Mothers (PDF)

DownloadPDF 80 KB

2. GW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 93 KB

3. Graham Bridgland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 14 KB

4. Australian Capital Territory (PDF)

DownloadPDF 311 KB

5. NSW Ombudsman (PDF)

DownloadPDF 11 MB

6. South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

DownloadPDF 143 KB

7. Kingsford Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

8. Lutheran Church of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 368 KB

9. The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

10. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 278 KB

11. New South Wales (PDF)

DownloadPDF 104 KB

12. ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner (PDF)

DownloadPDF 735 KB

13. Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (PDF)

DownloadPDF 133 KB

14. Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF)

DownloadPDF 424 KB

15. Berry Street (PDF)

DownloadPDF 648 KB

16. Central Australian Women's Legal Service (CAWLS) et al (PDF)

DownloadPDF 268 KB

17. Geraldton Community Legal Centre (PDF)

DownloadPDF 62 KB

18. Hayley Blease (PDF)

DownloadPDF 45 KB

19. Intellectual Disability Rights Service Inc. (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

20. Kelso's - The Law Firm (PDF)

DownloadPDF 423 KB

21. Salvation Army (PDF)

DownloadPDF 466 KB

22. Terry Hamilton (PDF)

DownloadPDF 147 KB

23. Victim Support Service Inc. (PDF)

DownloadPDF 273 KB

24. Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Centre Inc. (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

25. Women's Legal Services NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

26. Alliance for Forgotten Australians (PDF)

DownloadPDF 614 KB

27. Victorian Commission for Children and Young People (PDF)

DownloadPDF 5 MB

28. Law Council of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 146 KB

29. Bravehearts (PDF)

DownloadPDF 296 KB

30. ACT Children & Young People Commissioner (PDF)

DownloadPDF 3 MB

31. Name Withheld (PDF)

DownloadPDF 65 KB

32. Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (PDF)

DownloadPDF 428 KB

34. Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Inc. (PDF)

DownloadPDF 106 KB

35. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 553 KB

36. Barnardos Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 134 KB

37. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 679 KB

38. Tasmania (PDF)

DownloadPDF 73 KB

39. South Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 5 MB

40. Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 327 KB

41. Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (PDF)

DownloadPDF 124 KB

42. Knowmore (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

43. Queensland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 79 KB

44. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 438 KB

Issues paper 8: Experiences of police and prosecution responses

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Issues paper 8: Experiences of police and prosecution responses (PDF)

DownloadPDF 894 KB

Submissions

Overview of personal submissions to Issues paper 8 (PDF)

DownloadPDF 302 KB

1. Anglican Church Southern Queensland (PDF)

DownloadPDF 99 KB

2. Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF)

DownloadPDF 259 KB

3. Broken Rites (PDF)

DownloadPDF 4 MB

4. Care Leavers Australia Network (PDF)

DownloadPDF 145 KB

5. Centre for Innovative Justice (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

6. Child Migrants Trust (PDF)

DownloadPDF 24 MB

7. Children with Disability Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 464 KB

8. Commissioner for Victims' Rights SA (PDF)

DownloadPDF 396 KB

9. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 453 KB

10. Gatehouse Centre - Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (PDF)

DownloadPDF 165 KB

11. Knowmore (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

12. Law Society of NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 10 MB

13. Legal Aid NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 110 KB

14. Micah Projects (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

15. National Child Protection Alliance (PDF)

DownloadPDF 560 KB

16. NSW Ombudsman (PDF)

DownloadPDF 7 MB

17. People With Disability Australia Inc. (PDF)

DownloadPDF 394 KB

18. Sexual Assault Support Service (PDF)

DownloadPDF 444 KB

19. SNAP Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 135 KB

20. South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA) Forum (PDF)

DownloadPDF 101 KB

21. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

DownloadPDF 698 KB

22. Victim Support Service (PDF)

DownloadPDF 6 MB

23. Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL) Inc NSW (PDF)

DownloadPDF 209 KB

24. Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 180 KB

Issues paper 9: Addressing the risk of child sexual abuse in primary and secondary schools

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Issues paper 9: Risk of child sexual abuse in schools (PDF)

DownloadPDF 313 KB

Submissions

1. Anglican Schools Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 274 KB

2. Associate Professor Kerryann Walsh - Queensland University of Technology (PDF)

DownloadPDF 393 KB

3. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 85 KB

4. Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales (PDF)

DownloadPDF 133 KB

5. Australian Primary Principals Association (PDF)

DownloadPDF 177 KB

6. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

DownloadPDF 436 KB

7. Catholic School Parents Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 356 KB

8. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

DownloadPDF 298 KB

9. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program (CSAPP Inc.) (PDF)

DownloadPDF 1 MB

10. Children with Disability Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

11. Christian Schools Australia Limited (PDF)

DownloadPDF 301 KB

12. Commission for Children and Young People Victoria (PDF)

DownloadPDF 2 MB

13. Commonwealth Government (PDF)

DownloadPDF 4 MB

14. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

DownloadPDF 487 KB

15. Independent Schools Council of Australia (PDF)

DownloadPDF 170 KB

16. Knowmore (PDF)

DownloadPDF 564 KB

17. Loreto Normanhurst (PDF)

DownloadPDF 19 KB

18. Lutheran Church of Australia (PDF)

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19. New South Wales (PDF)

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20. NSW Ombudsman (PDF)

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21. People with Disability Australia (PDF)

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22. Protective Behaviours WA (PDF)

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23. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) (PDF)

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24. School Counsellors Forum, NSW Non-Government Schools (PDF)

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25. Sexual Assault Service Inc. (PDF)

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26. South Australia (PDF)

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27. South Australian Association of School Parents Clubs (PDF)

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28. South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

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29. True Relationships and Reproductive Health (PDF)

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30. Truth Justice and Healing Council (PDF)

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31. Victoria (PDF)

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32. Victorian Catholic Schools’ Parent Body (PDF)

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33. Western Australia (PDF)

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34. Cassy Nunan (PDF)

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35. Uniting Church in Australia (PDF)

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36. Becky Morgan (PDF)

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37. Mercurio Cicchini (PDF)

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38. Name Withheld (PDF)

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Issues paper 10: Advocacy and support and therapeutic treatment services

Report

Issues paper 10: Advocacy and Support and Therapeutic Treatment Services (PDF)

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Submissions

1. Absec (PDF)

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2. Access Community Services Limited (PDF)

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3. ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner (PDF)

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4. Adam Bartley (PDF)

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5. Adults Surviving Child Abuse - Cowra Support Group (PDF)

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6. Adults Surviving Child Abuse (PDF)

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7. Anglican Church of Australia (PDF)

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8. Anglicare Australia (PDF)

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9. Anglicare WA (PDF)

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10. Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF)

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11. Australian Counselling Association (PDF)

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12. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

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13. Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

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14. Canberra Rape Crisis Centre (PDF)

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15. Care Leavers Australia Network (PDF)

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16. Caroline Knight (PDF)

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17. CASA Forum (PDF)

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18. CEASE (PDF)

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19. Centre Against Sexual Violence (PDF)

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20. Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (PDF)

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21. Child and Adolescent Sexual Assault Counselling Services (PDF)

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22. Child Migrants Trust (PDF)

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23. Children with Disability Australia (PDF)

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24. Children's Protection Society (PDF)

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25. Christabel Chamarette (PDF)

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26. Commissioner for Children and Young People Victoria (PDF)

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27. Commonwealth Government (PDF)

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28. Community Legal Centres NSW (PDF)

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29. Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (PDF)

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30. CREATE Foundation (PDF)

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31. Denise Oxborough (PDF)

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32. Dr Kelly Dixon (PDF)

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33. Drummond Street Services (PDF)

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34. EcoHealthOz (PDF)

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35. EMDR Association of Australia (PDF)

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36. Family Planning NSW (PDF)

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37. Felicity Corrigan (PDF)

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38. Frank Golding (PDF)

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39. Gatehouse Centre (PDF)

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40. Gerry Cartmel (PDF)

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41. Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

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42. Grampians disAbility Advocacy (PDF)

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43. Grief to Grace (PDF)

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44. Heal for Life (PDF)

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45. Independent Advocacy SA (PDF)

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46. Independent Regional Mothers (PDF)

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47. Interrelate (PDF)

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48. ISA Inc (PDF)

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49. Jo Walker (PDF)

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50. John Pugh (PDF)

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51. Julie McDonald (PDF)

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52. Justiz Community Limited (PDF)

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53. Knowmore (PDF)

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54. Laurel House North and North West Sexual Assault Support Services (PDF)

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55. Mark Griffiths (PDF)

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56. Matthew Stuart (PDF)

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57. Mercurio Cicchini (PDF)

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58. Micah Projects (PDF)

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59. Michael Collins (PDF)

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60. Michael Salter - Western Sydney University (PDF)

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61. Name Withheld 1 (PDF)

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62. Name Withheld 2 (PDF)

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63. Name Withheld 3 (PDF)

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64. Name Withheld 4 (PDF)

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65. Name Withheld 5 (PDF)

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66. Name Withheld 6 (PDF)

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67. Name Withheld 7 (PDF)

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68. Name Withheld 8 (PDF)

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69. Name Withheld 9 (PDF)

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70. Name Withheld 10 (PDF)

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71. Name Withheld 11 (PDF)

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72. Name Withheld 12 (PDF)

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73. Name Withheld 13 (PDF)

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74. Name Withheld 14 (PDF)

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75. Name Withheld 15 (PDF)

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76. Name Withheld 16 (PDF)

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77. Name Withheld 17 (PDF)

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78. Name Withheld 18 (PDF)

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79. Name Withheld 19 (PDF)

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80. Name Withheld 20 (PDF)

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81. Name Withheld 21 (PDF)

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82. Name Withheld 22 (PDF)

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83. Name Withheld 23 (PDF)

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84. Name Withheld 24 (PDF)

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85. Name Withheld 25 (PDF)

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86. Name Withheld 26 (PDF)

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87. Name Withheld 27 (PDF)

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88. Name Withheld 28 (PDF)

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89. Name Withheld 29 (PDF)

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90. Name Withheld 30 (PDF)

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91. Natalie Hall (PDF)

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92. New South Wales Government (PDF)

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93. Northcott (PDF)

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94. Northern Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

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95. Now-Remembered Australians (PDF)

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96. NSW Ombudsman (PDF)

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97. Open Place (PDF)

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98. People with Disability Australia (PDF)

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99. Phoenix Australia – Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (PDF)

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100. Relationships Australia Victoria (PDF)

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101. Relationships Australia (PDF)

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102. Ros Thomas (PDF)

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103. Sexual Assault Support Service, Tasmania (PDF)

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104. South Australia (PDF)

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105. South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

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106. Survivors and Mates Support Network (PDF)

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107. Sylvia Huntington (PDF)

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108. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (PDF)

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109. The Womens Cottage (PDF)

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110. Tuart Place (PDF)

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111. Uniting Church of Australia (PDF)

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112. Victim Support Services (PDF)

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113. Victoria (PDF)

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114. Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (PDF)

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115. Victorian Child Psychotherapists Association (PDF)

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116. Western Region Centre Against Sexual Assault (PDF)

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117. Women's Legal Services NSW (PDF)

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118. WWILD - Sexual Violence Prevention Association (PDF)

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119. Rev Graham Nathan Guy (PDF)

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Issues paper 11: Catholic Church final hearing

Report

Issues paper 11: Catholic Church final hearing (PDF)

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Submissions

1. Aldo Bayona (PDF)

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2. Alex Nelson (PDF)

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3. Alex Nelson 2 (PDF)

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4. Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF)

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5. Australian Psychological Society (PDF)

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6. AYB and Mary Adams (PDF)

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7. Bernadette Jee and Rosina Gordon (PDF)

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8. Bernadette Tobin AO and Terence Tobin QC (PDF)

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9. Bravehearts (PDF)

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10. Catholics for Renewal Inc (PDF)

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11. Chrissie and Anthony Foster (PDF)

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12. Chrissie and Anthony Foster 2 (PDF)

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13. Concerned Queensland Catholics 1 (PDF)

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14. Concerned Queensland Catholics 2 (PDF)

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15. David Bullard (PDF)

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16. David Collits (PDF)

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17. Denise Sullivan (PDF)

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18. Diocese of Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office (PDF)

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19. Dr Christopher Geraghty (PDF)

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20. Dr Keith Thompson (PDF)

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21. Dr Michael Leahy (PDF)

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22. Dr Michael Leahy 2 (PDF)

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23. For The Innocents (PDF)

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24. Fr Peter Maher (PDF)

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25. Graham English (PDF)

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26. Independent Commissioners (Melbourne Response) (PDF)

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27. James Miller (PDF)

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28. Jessica Leach (PDF)

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29. Joan Isaacs (PDF)

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30. John Casey (PDF)

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31. John Menadue (PDF)

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32. Joseph Azzopardi (PDF)

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33. Kieran Tapsell (PDF)

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34. knowmore (PDF)

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35. Adjunct Professor Lawrie Moloney (PDF)

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36. Marilyn Hatton (PDF)

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37. Mary Clare Meney (PDF)

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38. Micah Projects (PDF)

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39. Name Withheld (PDF)

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40. Name Withheld (PDF)

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41. Name Withheld (PDF)

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42. Paul Tobias (PDF)

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43. Peter Holmes (PDF)

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44. Philip Riordan (PDF)

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45. Professor Michael Quinlan (PDF)

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46. Professor Patrick Parkinson (PDF)

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47. Professor Sandra Lynch (PDF)

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48. Steve Hyndes (PDF)

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49. The Melbourne Victims’ Collective and In Good Faith Foundation (PDF)

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50. Waller Legal (PDF)

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