AUSTRALIA
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AAP
Lucy Turnbull has come under fire for launching the Salvation Army’s $74 million fundraising drive while abuse victims from the charity’s children’s homes await compensation.
The prominent businesswoman and prime minister’s wife launched the charity’s annual Red Shield Appeal in front of about 500 supporters, including former NSW governor Professor Dame Marie Bashir, in Sydney on Wednesday.
She pledged $50,000 to the appeal on behalf of her family’s charitable trust, the Turnbull Foundation.
But survivors of abuse at Salvation Army children’s homes criticised Mrs Turnbull’s involvement with the charity, which they say refuses to fully back a national redress scheme for abuse victims.
Thirteen members of the support group Care Leavers Australia Network protested outside the Westin hotel in Sydney’s CBD as Mrs Turnbull addressed the Red Shield Appeal launch.
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