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Payne welcomes child-abuse liability reform

Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne has welcomed the State Government’s intent to hold churches vicariously liable for child sexual abuse committed by their clergy. It comes after a High Court ruling last November that the Catholic Church was not liable for abuse by a Ballarat…

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