The Joint Select Committee on the Implementation of the National Redress Scheme (the Committee) is appointed pursuant to a resolution of the Senate on
9 September 2019, as amended and agreed by the House of Representatives on
10 September 2019 and agreed as amended by the Senate on 11 September 2019.
The Committee has been established to inquire into and report on:
the Australian Government policy, program and legal response to the redress related recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, including the establishment and operation of the Commonwealth Redress Scheme and ongoing support of survivors; and
any matter in relation to the Royal Commission's redress related recommendations referred to the committee by a resolution of either House of the Parliament.