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Child sex abuse royal commission: Federal Government does not back national support scheme for victims, wants institutions to accept responsibility
By Jessica Kidd
The Federal Government does not support a single national support scheme for victims of institutionalised child sexual abuse and believes those institutions should foot the bill, a royal commission has heard.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has invited 38 government and non-government organisations to present spoken submissions outlining their proposals for a redress scheme for survivors of abuse.
The commission released a consultation paper in January which outlined a number of options for redress, including a single national scheme led by the Commonwealth.
But in a written submission to the royal commission, the Federal Government has made it clear it does not support a national scheme because of the significant time and resources it would require.
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