TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
Six commissioners were appointed to the Royal Commission including CLAN Patron and Former Senator Andrew Murray.
Click HERE to view the Terms of Reference
Click HERE to view CLAN's Press Release about the Terms of Reference on the Royal Commission
Click HERE to view the CEO Report of Operations as of 13th February 2013
Click HERE to view the Royal Commission Amendment Bill 2013
You can write a letter to the Editor about the above article.
To write a letter to The Age: letters@theage.com.au
To write a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald: letters@smh.com.au
To write a letter to the Canberra Times: letters.editor@canberratimes.com.au
The following is a letter from a CLAN member in response to the article that appeared in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Canberra Times (16/01/13)
Royal Commission - Abuse is abuse
I am writing in response to the below article and to support CLAN for calls for all forms of abuse and neglect to be included in the royal commission and redress for all forms of abuse and neglect.
As a NSW State Ward from the age of 2 years I suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well neglect of my health and dental care, plus being separated from my siblings. This has left a terrible legacy on me throughout my whole life.
The trauma I endured in the welfare system has lasted my whole life. I have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. I have difficulties with relationships and just surviving with the treatment I endured. Due to the child labour of scrubbings floors, concrete and wooden for hours and hours I have had both my knees totally replaced. While in the orphanage I was locked in a cell in isolation for, many times and they called me by my number 16 and not by my name. Also I was denied a high school education as I spent all my days cleaning, scrubbing and doing unpaid labour instead of going to school.
The NSW government was my legal guardian they failed miserably, and I seek justice and reparation for damages caused to me whilst supposedly being taken care of. I was exploited and denied my Human Rights to basic education.
The NSW government as my legal parents failed in their duty of care to me.
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If you feel the Terms of Reference of the Royal Commission has excluded physical and psychological abuse; and you feel discriminated against, you can contact the Prime Minister’s office and the Royal Commission Secretariat to get your point of view across about your trauma.
Prime Minister, Hon. Julia Gillard’s office:
Phone: (02) 6277 7700 or Email: Julia.Gillard.MP@aph.gov.au
Royal Commission Secretariat:
Phone: 1800 099 340 or Email: royalcommissionsecretariat@pmc.gov.au
CLAN will continue to lobby on all forms of abuse and neglect in orphanages, children’s Homes, foster care and other institutions