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1. NSW government reviews time limit on child sexual abuse claims.
By ABC News
The New South Wales Government is considering removing a time limit on legal claims being lodged by victims of child sexual abuse.
Under existing laws, victims of child sexual abuse in NSW typically have between three and 12 years to sue for damages in a civil court before the statute of limitations can be used to block their claims.
But Attorney-General Brad Hazzard said the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse had highlighted the trauma this causes victims, who often taken years to work up the courage to come forward.
“Most of us would be thinking after hearing the horror stories at the royal commission that removing the limitation would be a good way to go,” said Mr Hazzard.
“People who have suffered at the hands of others sometimes take 20, 30 years to just build up the courage to be able to say anything.
“With that background now it’s a bit strange that there’s a limitation in the law that says you can’t bring proceedings.”
A version of this post originally appeared on ABC News and has been republished with permission.
2. US government reportedly agrees former David Hicks is innocent.
By ABC News
The United States has agreed that former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Australian David Hicks, is innocent, his lawyer has said.
Mr Hicks pleaded guilty in 2007 to providing “material support for terrorism” but his legal team claimed that he did so under duress and filed an appeal last year.