Inquiry into sexual abuse at a Melbourne school to probe allegations at 18 others

Kathleen Foley, SC, says inquiry will examine other schools where former Beaumaris teachers had worked

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An inquiry into historical child sexual abuse at a Melbourne primary school in the 1960s and 1970s will investigate allegations at 18 other state schools where the same teachers also worked.

The Andrews government in June announced a board of inquiry into historical abuse allegations at Beaumaris primary school, in Melbourne's south-east.

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