AUSTRALIA
Daily Mail (UK)
By AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
When Western Australia halved the compensation payout for children abused in state care Premier Colin Barnett received half a Christmas card from a survivor.
It was an ironic “thank you” on behalf of thousands of people still suffering the effects of what happened to them as children.
Next week the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is expected to reveal its thinking on how people should be compensated for physical, sexual and psychological damage inflicted in organisations where children should have been safe.
The commission is prioritising redress because many abuse survivors are old and ageing.
A public hearing in March will follow the commission’s consultation paper next week and final recommendations will go to the federal government in June-July.
A lot of people are anxiously awaiting the consultation paper – and they’re not all abuse survivors.
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