Report

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018 and National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018

15 June 2018

View the report as a single document - (PDF 573KB)

Corrigendum - Tabled 29 June - (PDF 462KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE	(PDF 25KB)
ABBREVIATIONS	(PDF 16KB)
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS	(PDF 24KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction and background	(PDF 85KB)
Purpose of the bills Previous inquiry and the Commonwealth Redress Scheme bills States and territories opt-in to a National Redress Scheme Overview of the National Redress Scheme bills Financial impact Reports of other committees Structure of this report Conduct of the inquiry Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 - Key issues	(PDF 243KB)
Establishing the National Redress Scheme Participating institutions, groups and jurisdictions Entitlement, eligibility and scope Applying for and accepting offers of redress Receiving redress Other relevant provisions in the National Redress Bill National Consequential Bill Other related matters Committee view
Additional Comments by Labor Senators	(PDF 96KB)
Payment cap Lifelong counselling Residency requirements Criminal history exclusion Indexation Decision time frame Funder of last resort Inclusion of all forms of abuse Recommendations
Additional Comments by the Australian Greens	(PDF 69KB)
Counselling and Psychological Services Applications When an application cannot be made Criminal histories Security notices Prior payments and indexation provisions Funder of last resort Conclusion
APPENDIX 1 - Submissions and additional information received by the Committee	(PDF 14KB)

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