7 years ago
TURNBULL GOVERNMENT MUST SUPPORT ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABUSE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
THE HON TANYA PLIBERSEK MP
Shocking allegations of abuse against children with disability in NSW schools has once again underlined the need for a Royal Commission into abuse against people with disability.
ABC's 7:30 revealed last night that there have been more than 200 allegations of abuse against children with disability in NSW schools in the last two years.
It is disappointing that the Turnbull Government has so far turned its back on people with disability, their families, carers and advocates by refusing to support a Royal Commission.
In May this year we announced that a Shorten Labor Government will establish a Royal Commission into violence and abuse against people with disability. This will include the power to investigate cases of violence and abuse against children with a disability in schools.
Labor again calls on the Turnbull Government to begin the work to establish a Royal Commission immediately.
The disability sector is calling on the Turnbull Government to establish a Royal Commission.
Only a Royal Commission has the weight, authority and investigative powers to examine the horrific accounts of violence and abuse against people with disability, including in schools.
ABC's 7:30 revealed last night that there have been more than 200 allegations of abuse against children with disability in NSW schools in the last two years.
It is disappointing that the Turnbull Government has so far turned its back on people with disability, their families, carers and advocates by refusing to support a Royal Commission.
In May this year we announced that a Shorten Labor Government will establish a Royal Commission into violence and abuse against people with disability. This will include the power to investigate cases of violence and abuse against children with a disability in schools.
Labor again calls on the Turnbull Government to begin the work to establish a Royal Commission immediately.
The disability sector is calling on the Turnbull Government to establish a Royal Commission.
Only a Royal Commission has the weight, authority and investigative powers to examine the horrific accounts of violence and abuse against people with disability, including in schools.