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

Kathleen Foley SC has called for submissions to the Victorian inquiry into historical abuse at Beaumaris primary school and 18 other government schools in Melbourne. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

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.