AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
September 17, 2015
Emma Partridge
State Politics Reporter
Child abuse victims would be able to seek damages regardless of when they were abused under new laws proposed on Thursday.
It is not acceptable to make victims of abuse wait any longer for these simple, practical changes.
The NSW Greens introduced a bill to State Parliament to remove complex limitation times following recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Monday.
A report on redress and civil litigation recommended state and territory governments remove any limitation periods that applied to damage claims by a person who had been sexually abused.
Victoria removed the limitations under laws introduced in February this year.
“These findings from the royal commission are comprehensive and unambiguous. It is not acceptable to make victims of abuse wait any longer for these simple, practical changes to the law here in NSW,” Greens justice spokesman David Shoebridge said.
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