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Transparency Issues (Or: Judged By Your Betters)
Authority derives from legitimacy. Credibility derives from transparency. By these definitions, the Royal Commission has fair authority but lesser credibility, for a few reasons, which should be addressed. Established, under public pressure, by former Labor Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, the … Continue reading
The Chief Commissioner Addresses a Fund-Raising Luncheon (Or: Get Out of Jail Free Cards Now on Offer)
The Chief Commissioner, Peter McClellan (see previous posting), has chosen a $180 a head fund-raising, invitation-only, luncheon for the Bravehearts organisation, to make a few announcements concerning the progress of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Boy Scouts, Bravehearts, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Chief Commissioner, Domus Australia, George Pell, government grants, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter McClellan, public hearings, Scouts, terms of reference, Tony Abbott, YMCA
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Public Hearings Commence Soon (Or: No Legal Cash Cows, Please)
The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse will finally commence public hearings on 16th September. It is going to cost a hell of a lot of money (even more than George Pell’s Roman holiday villa!). If the money is well … Continue reading
The Courts As An Institution In The Royal Commission Context (Or: You Poor Man)
Image: Judge Peters (Source: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385766/Attorney-General-set-examine-case-paedophile-spared-jail-prosecutor-said-13-year-old-victim-predatory.html The Australian Royal Commission is specifically charged with, and limited to, institutional responses to child sexual abuse. As has been noted in a previous posting, there may be questions regarding just what constitutes … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls’ Home, Court Licensed Abuse: Patriarchal Lore and the Legal Response to Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse of Children, courts, Everyday Victim Blaming, Judge Nigel Peters, judicial abuse, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Neil Wilson, Rape Crisis, Robert Colover, S. Caroline Taylor, Sue Berelowitz, terms of reference, U.K. Deputy Children’s Commissioner
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Onus on the Military (Or: Military Secrets)
Image: Manly Village Public School Cadets – 1913 The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has very wide terms of reference as to what institutions it will cover. Besides churches, organisations such as the military will … Continue reading
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Tagged (Australian New South Wales Government) Special Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Police Investigation of Certain Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Ne, Archives Act 1983, Australian Defence Department, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, churches, Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Freedom of Information laws, institutions, James Ruse agricultural high school, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Manly Village Public School Cadets, Marist Brother Norbert Mathieson, Marist Brothers, military, National Archives, national security, New South Wales Inquiry, NSW Inquiry, Pathway to Change, school cadets, terms of reference
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The NSW Enquiry Continues (Or: Bias or Lazy Journalism?)
Image: Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox at the NSW enquiry this week (Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/01/nsw-church-child-abuse-inquiry) In her opening address to the second session of the NSW government enquiry into clerical child sexual abuse in the Newcastle-Maitland diocese, Commissioner Ms Cunneen said: … Continue reading
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Tagged (Australian New South Wales Government) Special Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Police Investigation of Certain Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Ne, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Bishop Malone, Bishop Michael Malone, Castledare Boys’ Home, Catholic Church, Catholic Church PR unit, Commissioner Cunneen, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, Fairfax, Fr Bill Burston, Fr Harrigan, Fr. Fletcher, Fr. McAlinden, journalists, lazy journalism, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Maitland-Newcastle Bishop, Margaret Cunneen, Monsignor Jim Saunders, New South Wales Inquiry, Newcastle-Maitland diocese, News Ltd, NSW government, NSW Inquiry, NSW police, Peter Fox, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, terms of reference, The Australian, Truth Justice and Healing Council
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Other Abuse (Or: Setting the Scene)
Psychological, spiritual, and systems abuse do not directly fall under the terms of reference of the Royal Commission. As was detailed in yesterday’s posting, organisations will be happy to have these issues excluded in order to suffer less damage to … Continue reading
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Tagged Forgotten Australians, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, multiple forms of abuse, paedophiles, physical abuse, psychological abuse, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, systems abuse, terms of reference
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The Terms of Reference Revisited, Part 1 (Or: Still a Host of Devils in the Detail)
The previous posting on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission only covered the most basic aspects. The problems arising from them will take a much more thorough coverage. The principal issue to be addressed is that of covering … Continue reading
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Tagged allocation of work, apportioning responsibility, emotional abuse, Forgotten Australians, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, multiple forms of abuse, paedophiles, physical abuse, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, royal commission proceedings, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, systems abuse, terms of reference, victims' voices
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Where Are We Now? (Or: The First Steps in a 1,000-Step Journey)
The entries so far have focused on the background issues surrounding the royal commission, including terms of reference, commissioners, and ancillary players – counsel assisting, Attorneys-General, and the Catholic PR unit. The royal commission has yet to appoint all staff … Continue reading
