National Redress Scheme

Starting January 2025, child abuse survivors can enter aged care without the financial burden of National Redress payments affecting their access to essential services.

How does the NRS “reasonable likelihood” vary from the “balance of probabilities” used in civil cases or the “beyond reasonable doubt” standard in criminal trials?

Here is a full list of the types of Institution that has signed up to the National Redress Scheme in the wake of the Royal Commission

Seeking witnesses who may have information about Father Rees, a priest or assistant priest at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in West Wallsend NSW, between approximately 1985 and 1988

Seeking information related to the historical child sex abuse allegations against former Catholic priest Raymond E. W. Hevern. These allegations date back to the mid-1980s and involve incidents at a remote mission located in regional Western Australi

A quick overview of Australia’s National Redress Scheme, its process, compensation limits, and how it compares to civil claims for survivors of institutional abuse.

On Wednesday 22nd November 2023, the NSW State government provided a response to the High Court decision in GLJ. The Government welcomed the decision and…

Contrary to the tone of the ABC 4-Corners piece on the Permanent Stay tactic, Koffels reminds survivors of institutional child sexual abuse that the tactic has only been deployed in a handful of cases, is only applicable in particular circumstances and that we have recently succeeded in resisting one made by the Marist Brothers.

In 1998, an inquiry was launched into allegations of child sexual abuse at Mount Penang, which found that some staff members had engaged in sexual misconduct with young offenders.