The royal commission gave victims a voice but their fight for
compensation remains frustrated by the corporate crisis management of
the city’s most prestigious schools. victims. It may be stained by the legacy of perhaps the most prolific child sex offender in the history of Queensland schools, but the state’s most prestigious old school tie still commands a hefty price.
A year at Brisbane Grammar costs about $25,000, 30% of the average full-time worker’s pre-tax salary. A few thousand dollars less buys a year at St Paul’s, the other elite Brisbane private school to come under the microscope in hearings this month by the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/17/sex-abuse-victims-struggle-for-justice-in-brisbanes-web-of-powerful-interests
A year at Brisbane Grammar costs about $25,000, 30% of the average full-time worker’s pre-tax salary. A few thousand dollars less buys a year at St Paul’s, the other elite Brisbane private school to come under the microscope in hearings this month by the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/17/sex-abuse-victims-struggle-for-justice-in-brisbanes-web-of-powerful-interests