AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Melissa Davey
@MelissaLDavey
Friday 29 January 2016
The federal government will work with the state and territory governments to implement and fund a redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse by July next year.
While individual states and territories will be responsible for redress that applies to institutions within their jurisdiction, the federal government will work with the jurisdictions to ensure the redress is consistent across the country, according to a statement from the department of the attorney general, George Brandis.
The royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse made its final recommendations for victim compensation through a national redress scheme in September, saying it was essential to ensure justice for survivors of abuse within religious organisations, sporting clubs, schools and other institutions.
The commission said the government should announce its willingness to adopt such a scheme by the end of 2015, but victims had been left waiting.
In a statement released on Friday by Brandis and the social services minister, Christian Porter, the government said it recognised the importance of implementing a national approach to redress “as quickly as possible”.
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