A five year inquiry into child sexual abuse in australia has handed over its final report, identifying abuse at more than 4,000 institutions, including religious institutions, sporting clubs, foster homes and the military. Up to 60,000 survivors may now be eligible for compensation. The Royal Commission heard harrowing testimony from survivors across australia. Its report stretches to 17 volumes. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has paid tribute to the courage of those who came forward to gave evidence. Leonie sheedy is from the survivors Organisation Care leavers australia network. She travelled to canberra to see the report being handed over to the governor general. It is a very momentous day. You know, the country now knows that children in australias orphanages, childrens homes, missions and foster care were sexually used by the churches, charities and the state governments, and they know they can no longer hide this horrible history. It needs to be taught in every school, in every
Billion in shares. Disneys already the worlds Top Entertainment company this move gives it an even bigger arsenal of movies and shows as it battles the rise of Online Streaming Services like netflix and amazon. It also marks the end of half a century of empire building by 86 year old Rupert Murdoch as our media editor amol rajan reports. When Rupert Murdoch bought the news of the world in 1968, he was an outsider. But this canny australian with news in his veins made his way to the heart of the establishment in both britain and america, wielding extraordinary influence. From his base in tabloid newspapers, he moved aggressively into film and television, owning studios and networks that entertained hundreds of millions of people. But now, fox has become a division of disney. In a phone conference today, Rupert Murdoch explained his strategy. I know a lot of people will be asking why the murdochs came to such a momentous decision. Are we retreating . Absolutely not. We are pivoting at a
Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. Vladimir putin holds forth at his annual press conference, declaring claims of collusion campaign andrump russia are fabricated. The days of net neutrality, when all websites were treated the same, are over. And the most expensive embassy ever built by the u. S. A sneak peek inside the billiondollar american diplomatic compound in london. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. It is december, and the holidays are almost upon us. So it is time for Vladimir Putins annual end of the year news conference, the rare chance for reporters to ask the russian leader a question. Todays marathon saw him pressed on everything from olympic doping to the 2018 election bid, and the molar investigation on the Mueller Invest
Of vladimiritic putin discusses russias influence in the u. S. And other countries. Washington journal is next. Returning to the Legal Framework that covered the president rom clintons announcement in 1996 to 2015 is not going to destroy the internet. It is not going to and the internet as we know it. High the fcc chair a jeep pai reversing regulations from the Obama Administration, known as Net Neutrality. Ahead on the washington journal, we will begin with your calls and comments, your reaction, and mean for you. All eyes on Congress Next week with the expected vote on that republican tax bill, but new concerns this morning from the hill. Com. Obstacles emerge as the gop races to the tax finish. We will be talking about all of these, but we want to get your reaction to the secs fcc cs repeal of Net Neutrality. If you support the measure, call us at 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. We want to begin with what a of what Net Neutrality is and the impact of yesterdays 32 decision.
Our focus, Net Neutrality. Yesterdays fcc decision. We want to welcome randolph may, the president of the free state foundation, which is what . Free market think tank, freemarket think tank. Host and chris lewis, with a group of the foundation of Public Knowledge . We want to give you a sense of what is happening outside the fcc yesterday, as inside the commissioners were deciding the threeto ruling. [video clip] is it any wonder they want to shut it down, silence it, and stop it . Are we shocked . . Shocked . No. Are we going to let them get away with it . No. Post some of the demonstration outside of the fcc. Access isrnet overturned by the fcc. What you heard outside in this headline, randy may, is it accurate . Mr. May no. Really, what happened yesterday was going back to the type of fromnet regime that we had the beginning of the regulation of the internet until 2015. We had a return to what we called a light touch regulatory regime. In 2015, the Previous Commission imposed publi