AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Nicolas Perpitch
The Barnett Government has promised to introduce legislation to scrap the six-year statute of limitations on when victims of child abuse can take civil against their perpetrators or institutions if it is re-elected.
Premier Colin Barnett said the Liberals would also remove limitation periods for serious physical abuse.
The statute of limitations restricts when victims can launch civil action to seek damages to a six-year window — a constraint the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse recommended be lifted.
Labor has also pledged to lift the restriction for child abuse victims if it wins government, potentially assuring the changes will pass through State Parliament regardless of who wins the March state election.
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