National Redress Scheme

The legacy of the child, sexual and physical abuse at Daruk Boys Home has been far-reaching, with many of the former residents of the facility suffering from long-term trauma and psychological damage.

In the coming months, victims & survivors who settled historical abuse claims in NSW pre-2016 will be able to have their agreements reviewed by Courts to assess whether they were unfairly small.

The historical institutional child sexual abuse of Gerald Ridsdale. Nazareth House, Diocese of Ballarat in the state of Victoria. A call for witnesses.

Rumours had circulated within Cricket Australia that Ian King liked little boys but that did not stop his sexual abuse – so who was to blame?

In this article, you will find information about the features and requirements of the National Redress Scheme. In addition, we will disclose the main disadvantages for applicants and what might be a great alternative in compensation for harm caused by institutional child sexual abuse.

If you assumed the ordeal for child sex abuse victims somehow ended with the McClelland Royal Commission into institutional Responses set up by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2013 then Andrew Coffey’s case is proof of how wrong that it is. Republished with the kind permission of Crikey Investigations Editor David Hardaker.

Conviction of Brother Dacian aka Kevin Jewell from Marist Brothers Eastwood can help other victims of institutional child sexual abuse find their voice.

The National Redress Scheme published its final report for 2nd year review. The following are five things you must know before you make an application with the National Redress Scheme.

The Redress Scheme for victims of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse seemed like a worthy attempt to provide compensation to victims on a fairly simplistic basis of one-off payments. Time has shown us however, that this apparent largesse on behalf of the participating institutions is not all it was purported to be. While for those for whom there is no other avenue to seek monetary compensation, it may hold some small benefit, but for those with claimable actions, nothing could be further from the truth.