Institutional responses to child sexual abuse
Alternative labels
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Report
Whanaketia: through pain and trauma, from darkness to light
The final report on abuse and neglect in State and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 1999. This report shines a light on the myriad ways that these institutions and their leaders failed in their duty of care to hundreds of thousands of children, young people and adults. Most of the factors that led or contributed...
Report
Report of the Board of Inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in Beaumaris Primary School and certain other government schools (2024)
In June 2023, the then Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, announced that a Board of Inquiry would be established to examine historical child sexual abuse at Beaumaris Primary School and certain other government schools from the 1960s to the 1990s. This is the final report from that inquiry.
Report
Who was looking after me? Prioritising the safety of Tasmanian children
This Commission of Inquiry was prompted by a groundswell of community concern in 2019–20 over child sexual abuse in Tasmanian Government institutions. It followed media reporting of incidents of abuse and inadequacies in the Government’s response to these incidents.
Evaluation
Understanding the social impact of safeguarding services for children and young people
Safeguarding Services is a suite of support services offered to organisations who deliver services to children and young people. The Centre for Social Impact at the University at the Western Australia was engaged by the Australian Childhood Foundation to examine and document the social impact story of Safeguarding Services. This report outlines the findings.
Report
Take notice, believe us and act! Exploring the safety of children and young people in government run organisations
This report explores the views of 59 Tasmanian children and young people to understand their contemporary experiences of government-run and government-funded services and to use those findings to inform recommendations about how institutions and systems might better prevent and respond to harm.