Griffith University criminologist Professor Kathleen Daly has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of an initial $33.4 million to establish a national redress scheme for children who were sexually abused in institutional contexts.
Professor Daly, a member of the Independent Advisory Council on Redress announced by the Turnbull Government in December 2016, said the scheme will begin taking applications for redress from survivors of Commonwealth institutions from July 2018. In time, it is expected that other governments and non-government institutions will opt into the scheme.
Joining Professor Daly on the 15-member Council are survivors of institutional abuse and representatives from support organisations, as well as legal and psychological experts, Indigenous and disability experts, institutional interest groups and those with a background in government.
Establishing the Council was a key recommendation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The Council has been asked to provide advice on the governing principles of the
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