Overview of child abuse royal commission

THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE COMES TO AN END:

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* Children allegedly abused in more than 4000 institutions

* Tens of thousands of victims

- True number unknown; as many as 60 per cent of victims never disclose the abuse

- Commission modelling estimated 60,000 survivors would be eligible to make a compensation claim under a national redress scheme

* Six commissioners appointed January 2013

* First sitting April 2013

* First public hearing September 2013

* 57th public hearing March 2017

* Final ceremonial sitting December 14, 2017

* Public hearings in relation to 116 institutions

* Sat for 444 days in public

* Heard from more than 1300 witnesses in public hearings

* Examined more than 1.2 million documents

* More than 15,000 survivors or their relatives contacted commission

* 8013 private sessions with survivors

* More than 1000 written accounts from survivors

* 2559 referrals to police/authorities

- 204 prosecutions commenced

- Hundreds of matters under investigation

* 41,770 calls and 25,774 letters and emails received

* Cost $477.986 million (including cost of office of the royal commission, legal assistance and Commonwealth representation)

- Plus $70.5 million for victim support services in Department of Social Services budget

* 44 case study reports

* 44 research reports; research unprecedented in its scale, chair says

- Worked with more than 70 key Australian and international experts in the field across more than 30 universities and research centres

* Major reports on working with children checks, redress, civil litigation, criminal justice

* Final report handed to governor-general on December 15, 2017.