Following Julia Gillard's announcement of the establishment of a Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, the below resources might be of interest to students:

• Royal Commissions: how do they work? (The Conversation)
• Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth) (AustLII)
• Recommendations for Royal Commissions and official inquiries (ALRC) Also in the Law Library: KU470 .A85 no.75
• Establishment of the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse (Department of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet)
• List of all Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry since 1902 (Parliament of Australia)
• Priestly Confessions (Radio National Podcast)
• Canon vs Civil Law (Radio National Podcast)