‘Harrowing’: Tasmanian Child Abuse Commission Calls For Change

Commission president says Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre should be shut down

A child is seen at the Alice Springs Women's Shelter, in Australia, on May 27, 2016. AAP Image/Dan Peled

Tasmania’s Child Sexual Abuse Commission has called for better safeguards to identify and deal with child sexual abuse cases when they arise.

The Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings held its closing hearing in Hobart on Aug. 30.