AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
June 7, 2018
By Melissa Davey
Western Australia was the last state not to have signed up for the scheme, but will now take it to cabinet
Western Australia, the only remaining state not to sign up to the national redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors, has resolved its concerns with the federal government, and its attorney general will now put the scheme to cabinet.
As the council of attorney generals prepared to meet in Perth on Friday the federal social services minister, Dan Tehan, told Guardian Australia that sticking points with WA, including who was responsible for redress for 3,000 Commonwealth child migrants settled in WA after the second world war, had been resolved.
“We have agreed on all remaining issues and the WA attorney general is now seeking approval to join the scheme through their cabinet processes,” Tehan said.
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