The head of the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has described the task facing the body as "huge" after the six commissioners met for the first time in Sydney on Wednesday.
Justice Peter McClellan said that in order to run it as efficiently as possible, the Government would amend the Royal Commission Act to allow hearings to take place without all commissioners being present, and some hearings may need to be held in private to protect victims.
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