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From January next year the Royal Commission will begin its inquiry into historical abuse in state care and faith-based institutions. One of the facilities under its microscope will be the notorious Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.
Despite 41 former Lake Alice patients making complaints of both physical and sexual abuse, police have never prosecuted anyone.
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