Tasmanian Child Abuse Inquiry to Examine School System

Tasmanian Child Abuse Inquiry to Examine School System
Tasmania has widened its inquiry into child abuse will widen its scope to include the public education system Caleb Woods/Unsplash
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An inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmanian public institutions will turn its focus to the island’s education system and examine a prior investigation that found perpetrators were being shielded.

The commission of inquiry, which is scrutinising how successive state governments have handled the abuse allegations, is holding its second week of public hearings in Hobart.