Turnbull government to start negotiations on national child abuse redress scheme

AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald

January 29, 2016

Jane Lee
Legal affairs, health and science reporter

The Turnbull government has agreed to lead a national redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors but has not committed to contributing any shortfall funding for institutions that cannot pay compensation.

Attorney-General George Brandis and Social Services Minister Christian Porter said in a joint statement on Friday that they would develop a “nationally consistent approach” so that survivors of all institutions would “receive proper redress, irrespective of the location of the institution at the time of the offending or the present status of the offending institution”.

“We will soon commence discussions with the states and territories to carefully work through the many complex issues to achieve an outcome for survivors as soon as possible,” they said, without setting a deadline for negotiations.

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