AUSTRALIA
Huffington Post
Supporters of people abused in Australian institutions will hold a silent protest outside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Sydney electorate over the Federal Government’s response to calls for a national independent redress scheme.
CLAN, which represents thousands of Care Leavers who suffered abuse in Australia’s orphanages, children’s homes and in foster care, will stage silent protest outside Mr Turnbull’s Edgecliff electorate office on Friday afternoon.
Mr Turnbull is also a patron of CLAN.
The protest will start outside the Royal Commission in Sydney, which is scheduled to hold a directions hearing to determine if Cardinal George Pell is well enough to travel from the Vatican to Australia for a scheduled appearance.
Last week Attorney General George Brandis and Social Services minister Christian Porter released a joint statement supporting a “nationally consistent approach” to Redress for victims of institutional child sexual abuse.
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