AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Charlotte King
Abuse survivors in Ballarat say they are concerned the Federal Government’s planned redress scheme will not meet the ongoing needs of trauma survivors, and has ignored the lifelong impacts of non-sexual institutional abuse.
The Federal Government has set aside $33 million to establish the scheme, and has been working to convince states, territories and religious institutions to sign up before the planned rollout in 2018.
Over the weekend, around 150 survivors and their supporters marched through the regional Victorian city chanting “no more silence”.
The community was marching for the third time in support of the city’s child sexual abuse survivors.
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