AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Michelle Brown
The New South Wales Government has been accused of holding up a national $4.8 billion redress scheme for children who suffered abuse in institutions.
The scheme was recommended by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in August last year.
It recommended a national scheme be set up under the auspices of the Commonwealth Government, which would provide the support and back up.
Institutional and other parties would make their contributions to a board of trustees that would run the scheme.
Wayne Chamley, from victims advocacy group Broken Rites, said all the major churches except for the Salvation Army had agreed to contribute to the scheme as required.
“There’s no argument among the major religions, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Catholics, they will contribute whatever is required,” he said.
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