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To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the Federal Parliament assembled:
The petition of the undersigned shows strong community concern about the ongoing sexual assault of children and the failure of Federal, State and Territory governments to recognise and ensure that child protection is a national priority.
Your petitioners demand that a Royal Commission be established to inquire into:
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The nature, extent, social dynamics, prevalence and responses (financial, therapeutic, and legal) to instances of child sexual assault across Australia’s States and Territories and within the community at large including, but not limited to, government, non-government, religious, legal structures and other institutions, organisations and clubs, and;
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Identify any and all bureaucratic, commercial, criminal, cultural and institutional barriers and/or inadequacies, including the extent to which the different legislative, policy and procedural responses across Australia’s State and Territories impacts on the effective protection of Australian children, and proper disclosures of child sexual assault, and;
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Determine whether penalties and/or treatment/monitoring processes for child sex offenders are adequate and/or consistent in terms of occurrence, deterrence and in reducing or eliminating recidivism rates and, make recommendations as to potential alternative models that may more comprehensively and effectively address how child sex offenders should be managed, and;
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Review the extent to which previous recommendations resulting from both State and Federal Inquiries on the issues of child sexual assault have been carried out and where relevant, what is preventing their execution, and;
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Make recommendations in response to these issues.
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