Tasmania Premier Reveals Childhood Assault

Tasmania Premier Reveals Childhood Assault
Peter Gutwien, Premier of Tasmania (L) talks to the media in Hobart, Australia, on Feb. 28, 2020. Steve Bell/Getty Images
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Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has revealed he was sexually assaulted as a child by a former teacher.

Gutwein last year set up the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings after abuse allegations were levelled at public servants.