She is the calm but persistent voice who, for
two-and-a-half years, has publicly grilled confessed paedophiles,
alleged child abusers, countless victims and many others about the
magnitude of child sexual abuse in Australia.
Gail Furness SC was
appointed as senior counsel assisting the Royal Commission into
Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse when it began in September
2013. Yet until this week she was hardly a household name; instead
overshadowed by whichever witness was giving evidence.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-02/gail-furness-the-voice-questioning-cardinal-george-pell/7214814