I am befuddled by our federal governments passion for the
Royal Commission in to Trade Unions yet our Attorney General, Brandis, cannot bring himself
to accept that all facets of the Australian Justice System are in fact
Institutions whose response to Child Abuse is a vital aspect of ALL Australian
Institutional responses to Child Sexual Assault
and therefore rightly belongs within the terms of reference for The
Child Abuse Royal Commission.
I've no qualms about the wide ranging impact of Union Corruption
on Australian citizens - BUT the impact of Corruption within the Australian
Justice system is far greater on Australian citizens than that of Union Corruption, however Brandis chooses to stick his head in the sand rather than use his
morals and ethics to address the problem.
Let us also not forget that the Labor Government also
failed in this regard.
The irony of course is the fact that the Royal Commission
into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse has uncovered systemic failures to
report abuse to the Justice System. I'm confident that its findings will
include recommendations that cases of abuse be reported in a timely manner.
However it will be a futile effort on the part of The Commission if those cases
go before a Justice System which itself has not been subjected to the same 'cleansing'
process.
This failure of both the Labor and Coalition renders the
entirety of The Commissions endeavours pointless. A costly failure both in
terms of financial and human capital.
Methinks, perhaps, there are too many lawyers on both
sides of the House for Brandis to make an objective ethical decision.
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