TASMANIA (AUSTRALIA)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
May 22, 2018
By Peta Carlyon and Rhiana Whitson
Tasmania will opt in to the national redress scheme for the state’s survivors of child sexual assault.
Attorney-General Elise Archer made the announcement on the floor of State Parliament this morning.
The national redress scheme comes into effect around the country on July 1.
It was a major recommendation of the royal commission into child abuse and is the first compensation scheme to cover all survivors of abuse in Tasmanian churches, state and non-state institutions.
Ms Archer said the decision had come after months of discussions with the Federal Government.
“The need to ensure that the scheme is best able to achieve its stated purpose has always been at the forefront of my mind,” she said.
“It is is to provide support to people who are sexually abused as children whilst in the care of an institution.”
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