Attorney-General calls on states, territories and institutions to meet July 1 deadline for abuse compensation scheme

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated February 18 2020 - 6:49pm, first published May 17 2018 - 4:00pm
Victory: Key child abuse royal commission campaigner and Greens justice spokesman David Shoebridge said the passage of national redress scheme legislation by NSW was a 'real victory' for abuse survivors.
Victory: Key child abuse royal commission campaigner and Greens justice spokesman David Shoebridge said the passage of national redress scheme legislation by NSW was a 'real victory' for abuse survivors.

NSW is the first state to pass legislation for a national redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sex abuse which is due to be formally established on July 1 by federal legislation.

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