AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald

By JOANNE MCCARTHY
Jan. 14, 2016

THE Federal Government will announce whether it supports a national compensation and support scheme for survivors of historic child sexual abuse before the end of January.

Social Services Minister Christian Porter’s office has confirmed the government’s response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommendation for a national redress scheme is due in two weeks.

The commission proposed a $4.3 billion national scheme funded by institutions, including churches, responsible for the sexual abuse of children, and state and federal governments, with the scheme administered and underwritten by the federal government.

The scheme would treat all survivors equally, with compensation between $10,000 and $200,000, along with long term counselling and psychological care.