Hunter child sexual abuse survivor 'nearly crying with rage' over Bettina Arndt parliamentary debate

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated March 3 2020 - 12:17pm, first published 5:00am
Rage: Hunter child sex survivor Steve Smith said he was left 'nearly crying with rage' over the decision for Graeme Lawrence to retain his honour award pending an appeal.
Rage: Hunter child sex survivor Steve Smith said he was left 'nearly crying with rage' over the decision for Graeme Lawrence to retain his honour award pending an appeal.

AUSTRALIANS are more likely to be stripped of their honour awards after fraud and driving offences than for committing child sex abuse or failing to report it to police, records show after a Federal Parliament vote last week backed calls for therapist Bettina Arndt to be stripped of her controversial Order of Australia.

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