Melb Child Sex Abuse Victims Interim Scheme

Sky News
November 24, 2016

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/vic/2016/11/25/melb-child-sex-abuse-victims-interim-scheme.html

Child sexual abuse victims will receive compensation of up to $150,000 under an interim redress scheme set up by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.

The Melbourne diocese has decided to establish its own interim redress scheme, ahead of the federal government's proposed national system that begins in 2018 and any Victorian government model.

Chancellor Michael Shand QC said the scheme will operate as part of a new independent body investigating sexual abuse complaints.

The Melbourne diocese has followed the federal government in setting the maximum compensation payments for child abuse victims at $150,000 under the interim scheme, as well as providing counselling.