Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. In the past Australia has turned its back on cases where we know abuse occurred and where problems occurred—and I am thinking of forced adoptions, forgotten Australians and the allegations of child abuse that are now subject to a royal commission. Are we not washing our hands of this issue nationally? In 20 years time will there be a need for a royal commission because these issues around abuse and violence were ignored nationally?