Melissa Davey
@MelissaLDavey
Thursday 29 January 2015
Former prime minister Julia Gillard “chose the right man for the job” when she appointed Justice Peter McClellan to chair the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, victim advocates say.
Responding to the release on Friday of the commission’s consultation paper on a redress scheme for victims, the chief executive of the Care Leavers of Australia Network (Clan), Leonie Sheedy, said it showed McClellan had listened to them.
Child sex abuse royal commission calls for $4.38bn national compensation scheme
Assuming an estimated 64,900 survivors received payments of $65,000 each, the redress scheme would cost governments and non-government institutions $4.38bn over 10 years, the report said.
“I commend the royal commission for this report, and it is good to finally have a discussion paper for redress and litigation,” Sheedy said.
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