Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

[1]        Following the restructuring of Senate Committees on 13 May 2009, the inquiry was continued by the Senate Community Affairs References Committee.

[2]        The Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australian reports are available at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/recs_lost_innocents_forgotten_aust_rpts/index.htm

[3]        Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, April 1997, available at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/index.html.

CHAPTER 2 - APOLOGIES, REDRESS AND JUDICIAL INQUIRIES

[1]        The second report of the Senate Community Affairs References Committeeinto children in institutional or out-of-home care, Protecting Vulnerable Children: A National Challenge, dealt specifically with foster care. The main focus of that report was on contemporary foster care issues, including children in care with disabilities and the contemporary government and legal framework for child welfare and protection. The report is available at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report2/index.htm.

[2]        The major inquiry into the stolen generation was conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) in 1997. The findings are reported in the inquiry's report, Bringing Them Home, available at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/index.html.

[3]        Commonwealth government, 'Commonwealth government response to Lost Innocents: Righting the Record, May 2002, p. 1, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/recs_lost_innocents_forgotten_aust_rpts/recs/gov_resp_cm.pdf.

[4]        Submission 23, p. 8.

[5]        Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 4.

[6]        Submission 23, p. 5.

[7]        Commonwealth government, 'Government response to Forgotten Australians: a report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, November 2005, p. 1, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/recs_lost_innocents_forgotten_aust_rpts/recs/gov_resp_fa.pdf.

[8]        The full list of government responses are contained in Chapter 3 (Lost Innocents) and Chapter 4 (Forgotten Australians); and may be accessed through the committee's website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/recs_lost_innocents_forgotten_aust_rpts/index.htm

[9]        Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 14.

[10]      Submission 10, p. 3.

[11]      Forgotten Australians, p. 171.

[12]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 21.

[14]      Association of Child Welfare Agencies, Submission 28, p. 3.

[15]      Submission 10, p. 5.

[16]      Submission 16, p. 3.

[17]      AFA, Submission 10, p. 5; Micah Projects Inc., Submission 33, p. 2.

[18]      Mr Frank Golding, Submission 16, p. 2.

[19]      Mr Graham Hercus, After Care Support, United Protestant Association of New South Wales, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 23.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 35.

[21]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 14.

[22]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, pp 61, 63.

[23]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[24]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 63.

[25]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[26]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[27]      PowerPoint presentation, Brisbane, 6 April; 2009, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/recs_lost_innocents_forgotten_aust_rpts/submissions/sublist.htm.

[28]      Lost Innocents, p. 238.

[29]      Submission 23, p. 2.

[30]      Department for Child Protection (WA), Submission 11, p. 10.

[31]      Submission 30, p. 6.

[32]      Lost Innocents, p. 332.

[33]      See Lost Innocents, pp 229-231.

[34]      Submission 36, p. 1.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 38.

[36]      Forgotten Australians, p. 197.

[37]      Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 45.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 45.

[39]      Forgotten Australians, p. 197.

[40]      Submission 36, p. 1.

[41]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 1.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 21.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 20.

[44]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 40.

[45]      Submission 23, p. 8.

[46]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 37.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 18.

[48]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 15.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 22.

[50]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 22.

[51]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 37.

[52]      Forgotten Australians, p. 192.

[53]      Submission 24, p. 1.

[54]      Submission 5, p. 1.

[55]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 37.

[56]      Submission 25, p. 3.

[57]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 37.

[58]      Submission 16, p. 7, citing Gregory Smith, 'The Harm Done: Towards Acknowledgment and Healing in New South Wales', The Bellingen Institute, 2007.

[59]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 44.

[60]      Department of Communities (Queensland) website, 'Forde Inquiry into abuse of children in Queensland institutions', accessed 29 May 2009 at http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/community/redress-scheme/forde-inquiry.html.

[61]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 38.

[62]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 19.

[63]       Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 21.

[64]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 18.

[65]      Forgotten Australians, p. 186.

[66]      Parliament of South Australia website, House of Assembly Hansard, 17 June 2008, http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Hansard/DailyHansard.htm, accessed 1 June 2009.

[67]      Submission 30, p. 2.

[68]      CLAN website, 'Shared government and church apology', http://www.clan.org.au/apology_details.php?apology_id=3, accessed 1June 2009.

[69]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 63.

[70]      Submission 44, p. 1.

[71]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[72]      Parliament of Tasmania website, House of Assembly Hansard, 17 May 2005, http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/HansardHouse/isysquery/f2539188-ad73-4d3a-ae98-879a5b223839/1/doc/, accessed 16 June 2009.

[73]      See correspondence from the Victorian Government Minister for Community Services, 19 December 2008, listed on the inquiry web pages as Submission 22.

[74]      Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, Submission 173, p. 22.

[75]      Parliament of Victoria, Legislative Assembly Hansard, 9 August 2006, p. 2672.

[76]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 40.

[77]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 16.

[78]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[79]      Submission 11, pp 1-2.

[80]      Available at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report2/report.pdf

[81]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[82]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 19.

[83]      Submission 10, p. 5.

[84]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 22.

[85]      Submission 23, p. 5.

[86]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 25.

[87]      Submission 10, p. 2.

[88]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 55.

[89]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 69.

[90]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 38.

[91]      Forgotten Australians, p. 221.

[92]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 10.

[93]      Submission 24, p. 2.

[94]      Submission 10, p. 7.

[95]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 70.

[96]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 44.

[97]      Forgotten Australians, p. 208.

[98]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 54.

[99]      Submission 2, p. 12.

[100]    Forde Foundation Board of Advice, Submission 13, p. 2.

[101]    Submission 15, p. 3.

[102]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, pp 70-71.

[103]    Submission 15, p. 5.

[104]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 70.

[105]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, pp 77-78.

[106]    Micah Projects Inc., Submission 33, p. 3.

[107]    Submission 15, p. 6.

[108]    Mr Mark Francis, Executive Director, Policy Development and Coordination, Department of Communities (Queensland), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 78.

[109]    Submission 15, p. 2.

[110]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 70.

[111]    Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 7.

[112]    Submission 28, p. 2.

[113]    Submission 30, pp 2-3.

[114]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 37.

[115]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 41.

[116]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 63.

[117]    Submission 30, pp 2-3.

[118]    Submission 7, p. 1.

[119]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 72.

[120]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 72.

[121]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 78.

[122]    Forgotten Australians, p. 222.

[123]    Submission 7, p. 2.

[124]    Department of Health and Human Services (Tasmania), Submission 7, p. 2.

[125]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 70.

[126]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 77.

[127]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 78.

[128]    Association of Child Welfare Agencies, Submission 28, p. 2.

[129]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 17.

[130]    Submission 21, p. 4.

[131]    Submission 16, p. 5.

[132]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 10.

[133]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 6.

[134]    Submission 12, p. 6.

[135]    Submission 12, p. 4.

[136]    Submission 11, p. 3.

[137]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 43.

[138]    Ms Stephanie Withers, Executive Director, Redress WA, Department for Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 49.

[139]    Submission 12, p. 7.

[140]    Submission 12, p. 6.

[141]    CLAN, Submission 21, p. 4.

[142]    Submission 11, pp 3-4.

[143]    Western Australian Department for Communities, Submission 12, p. 4.

[144]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, pp 49-50.

[145]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 47.

[146]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 47.

[147]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 50.

[148]    Ms Eileen O'Reilly, Senior Redress Officer, Redress WA, Department for Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 61.

[149]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p.72.

[150]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 70.

[151]    Submission 12, p. 6.

[152]    Submission 10, p. 11.

[153]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 6.

[154]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 42.

[155]    Forgotten Australians, p. 214.

[156]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 25.

[157]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 79.

[158]    Ms Angela Sdrinis, Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 6.

[159]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 12.

[160]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 3.

[161]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 3.

[162]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 3.

[163]    Submission 16, p. 6.

[164]    Submission 16, p. 6.

[165]    Submission 21, p. 6.

[166]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, pp 4, 7.

[167]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 18.

[168]    Submission 28, p. 3.

[169]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 40.

[170]    Submission 28, p. 3.

[171]    Submission 28, p. 3.

[172]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 40.

[173]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 43.

[174]    Submission 10, p. 7.

[175]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 19.

[176]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 38.

[177]    Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 82.

[178]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 23.

[179]    Submission 28, p. 4.

[180]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 42.

[181]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 44.

[182]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 44.

[183]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 70.

[184]    Submission 10, p. 8.

[185]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, pp 55-56.

[186]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 80.

[187]    Submission 10, p. 8.

[188]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p.13.

[189]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 6.

[190]    Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 59.

[191]    Submission 10, p. 7.

[192]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 34.

[193]    Submission 10, pp 7-8

[194]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 34.

[195]    Forgotten Australians, p. 228.

[196]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 29.

[197]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 36.

[198]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 16.

[199]    Micah Projects Inc., Submission 33, p. 4.

[200]    Submission 14, p. 4.

[201]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 57.

[202]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, pp 28-29.

[203]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 57.

[204]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 57.

[205]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 10.

[206]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 11.

[207]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 58.

[208]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, pp 28-29.

[209]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 53.

[210]    Submission 2, p. 12.

[211]    Submission 28, p. 4.

[212]    Dr Joanna Penglase, Co-founder and Project Officer, CLAN, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 41.

[213]    Lost Innocents, pp 8-9.

[214]    Forgotten Australians, pp 10-12.

[215]    Submission 30, p. 3.

[216]      Submission 10, p. 10.

[217]    Submission 11, p. 3.

[218]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 1.

[219]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 3.

[220]    Forgotten Australians, pp 241-251.

[221]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 29.

[222]    Submission 21, p. 5.

[223]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 64.

[224]    Submission 10, p. 10.

[225]    Submission 14, p. 5.

[226]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 49.

[227]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 29.

[228]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 33.

[229]    Submission 2, p. 21.

[230]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 13.

[231]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 13.

[232]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 45.

[233]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 50.

[234]    Submission 24, p. 4.

[235]    Submission 11, p. 1.

CHAPTER 3 - SERVICES, RECORDS AND SUPPORT GROUPS

[1]        Lost Innocents, p. 44.

[2]        Submission 27, p. 1.

[3]        Submission 11, p. 1.

[4]        Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 3.

[5]        Lost innocents, p. 129.

[6]        Submission 27, p. 4.

[7]        Mr Peter Templeton, Assistant Secretary, Settlement Branch, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 48.

[8]        Submission 11, p. 2.

[9]        Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, pp 16-17.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 17.

[11]      Mr Norman Johnston, President, IAFCMF, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 6.

[12]      Submission 23, pp 3-4.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, pp 16-17.

[14]      Submission 23, p. 1.

[15]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 1.

[16]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 50.

[17]      Submission 27, p. 3.

[18]      Submission 27, p. 4.

[19]      Submission 27, p. 4.

[20]      Submission 23, p. 2.

[21]      Submission 27, pp 4-5.

[22]      Submission 23, p. 4.

[23]      Submission 23, p. 4.

[24]      Submission 23, p 4.

[25]      Submission 23, p. 5.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p.8.

[27]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p.15.

[28]      The Journey of Discovery, ISS Australian Branch, October 2005, p.2.

[29]      Forgotten Australians, p. 52.

[30]      Submission 21, p. 11.

[31]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 17.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 35.

[33]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, pp 27-28.

[34]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 66.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 70.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 69.

[37]      Ms Linda Mallet, Acting Deputy Director-General, Service System Development, Department of Community Services (NSW), Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 70.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 73.

[39]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 56.

[40]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 70.

[41]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 70.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 82.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, pp 43-44.

[44]      Forgotten Australians, p. 288.

[45]      Submission 15, p. 5.

[46]      Submission 13, attachment 3, p. 1.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 62.

[48]      Submission 13, p. 2.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 38.

[50]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 45.

[51]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 53.

[52]      Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 64.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 4.

[54]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 38.

[55]      Submission 30, p. 7.

[56]      Submission 30, p. 7.

[57]      Submission 30, pp 7-8.

[58]      Submission 44, p. 4.

[59]      Minster for Human Services, Submission 7, p. 1.

[60]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 15.

[61]      Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 44.

[62]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, pp 78-79.

[63]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 77.

[64]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 77.

[65]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 84.

[66]      Department of Human Services (Victoria), 'Care leavers (forgotten Australians)', http://www.cyf.vic.gov.au/placement-support/care-leavers-forgotten-australians, accessed 4 June 2009.

[67]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, pp 36-37.

[68]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 17.

[69]      Ms Michele Greaves, private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 49.

[70]      Mr Frank Golding, Vice-President, CLAN, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 17.

[71]      Submission 11, p. 7.

[72]      CBERS Consultancy website, 'A new beginning', http://www.cbers.org/begin.html, accessed 4 June 2009.

[73]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 61.

[74]      Submission 3, p. 23.

[75]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 30.

[76]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 31.

[77]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 57.

[78]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, pp 57-59.

[79]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 59.

[80]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, pp 65-66.

[81]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 54.

[82]      Miss Eris Harrison, Senior Policy manager, Alliance for Forgotten Australians, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 72.

[83]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 72.

[84]      Ms Julieanne Petersen, Manager, Policy and Strategy, Alternative Care, Families SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 40.

[85]      Submission 10, p. 14.

[86]      Forgotten Australians, p. 52.

[87]      Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 46.

[88]      Submission 59, p. 1.

[89]      Submission 10, p. 3.

[90]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 40.

[91]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 44.

[92]      Submission 15, pp 6-7.

[93]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 42.

[94]      Submission 30, p. 7.

[95]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[96]      Submission 24, p. 8.

[97]      Submission 12, p. 10.

[98]      Submission 4, p. 13.

[99]      Submission 15, p. 7.

[100]    Submission 24, p. 8.

[101]    Submission 10, p. 14.

[102]    Submission 10, p. 3.

[103]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 48.

[104]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 43.

[105]    Forgotten Australians, p. 305.

[106]    Submission 28, p. 5.

[107]    Submission 21, p. 11.

[108]    Submission 10, p. 15.

[109]    Submission 24, p. 8.

[110]    AFA, Submission 10, p. 15; ACWA, Submission 28, p. 5.

[111]    Submission 10, p. 15.

[112]    Submission 15, p. 6.

[113]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 45.

[114]    Ms Rebecca Ketton, Manager, ARC, Relationships Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 45.

[115]    Submission 30, p. 7.

[116]    Submission 30, p. 8.

[117]    Submission 28, p. 5.

[118]      Submission 30, p.  5.

[119]    Committee Hansard 8 April 2009, p.17.

[120]    Committee Hansard 8 April 2009, p.39.

[121]      Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[122]      Submission 10, p. 15.

[123]      Professor Maria Harries, Associate Member, AFA, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 38.

[124]      Submission 11, p. 7.

[125]      Submission 11, p. 7.

[126]      AFA, Submission 10, p. 15.

[127]      FaHCSIA, Submission 4, p. 1.

[128]      Submission 28, p. 5.

[129]    Forgotten Australians, pp 312-319.

[130]    Submission 10, p. 16.

[131]    Submission 10, p. 17.

[132]    Submission 10, p. 2.

[133]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 33.

[134]    Mr Terry Sullivan, former chair, Submission 13, pp 2, 4.

[135]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 39.

[136]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 2.

[137]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 38.

[138]    Submission 24, p. 9.

[139]    Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[140]    Submission 11, p. 11.

[141]    Forgotten Australians, pp 316-317.

[142]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 68.

[143]    Submission 10, p. 17.

[144]    Submission 10, p. 17.

[145]    Submission 4, p. 16.

[146]    Department of Human Services (Vic) website, 'HACC Program brochure', http://www.health.vic.gov.au/hacc/hacc_victoria/brochure.htm, accessed 6 June 2009.

[147]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 68.

[148]    Submission 24, pp 9-10.

[149]    Submission 30, p. 9.

[150]    Department for Child Protection (WA), Submission 11, pp 11-12.

[151]    Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[152]    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) website, 'Supported accommodation assistance program (SAAP)', http://www.aihw.gov.au/housing/sacs/saap/index.cfm, accessed 6 June 2009.

[153]    Submission 4, p. 16.

[154]    Submission 24, p. 10.

[155]    Submission 11, p. 12.

[156]    Submission 11, p. 12.

[157]    Forgotten Australians, pp 320-321.

[158]    Submission 10, p. 17.

[159]    Submission 24, p. 10.

[160]    Submission 30, p. 9.

[161]    Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[162]    Submission 11, p. 12.

[163]    Submission 10, p. 18.

[164]    Submission 24, p. 11.

[165]    Submission 30, p. 9.

[166]    Submission 30, p. 9.

[167]    Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[168]    Department for Child Protection (WA), Submission 11, p. 13.

[169]    Ms Rebecca Ketton, Manager, ARC, Relationships Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p.38.

[170]    Submission 25, p. 11.

[171]    Submission 16, Attachments, Personal records and the stories they tell and Chasing the record – and your tail.

[172]    Submission 42.

[173]    Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 6.

[174]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 21.

[175]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 2.

[176]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 2.

[177]    Submission 5, p. 5.

[178]    Submission 2, p. 15.

[179]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 67.

[180]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 28.

[181]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 29.

[182]    Submission 23, p. 3.

[183]    Submission 15, p. 4.

[184]    Submission 30, p. 4.

[185]    Submission 30, p. 5.

[186]    Submission 7, p. 2.

[187]    Submission 11, p. 3.

[188]    Submission 11, p. 8.

[189]    Submission 10, p. 11; and CBERS Consultancy website, 'PHIND', http://www.cbers.org/phind.html, accessed 9 June 2009.

[190]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 19.

[191]    Submission 24, p. 5.

[192]    Submission 24, p. 5.

[193]    Submission 15, p. 4.

[194]    Submission 30, p. 4.

[195]    Submission 4, p. 4.

[196]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 23.

[197]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 24.

[198]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 27.

[199]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 35.

[200]    Forgotten Australians, pp 262-267.

[201]    Submission 10, p. 13.

[202]    Submission 10, p. 11.

[203]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 79.

[204]    Submission 24, p. 5.

[205]    Submission 15, p. 4.

[206]    Submission 30, p. 4.

[207]    Submission 7, p. 2.

[208]    Submission 11, p. 6.

[209]    Submission 10, p. 11.

[210]    Submission 19, pp 3,13.

[211]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 31.

[212]    Submission 24, p. 7.

[213]    Submission 24, p. 6.

[214]    Submission 21, p. 6; see also Barnardos, Submission 6.

[215]    Submission 10, p. 12.

[216]    Submission 24, p. 6.

[217]    Submission 23, p. 3.

[218]    Submission 24, p. 5.

[219]    Submission 15, pp 4-5.

[220]    Submission 15, p. 5.

[221]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 39.

[222]    Submission 30, p. 5.

[223]    Submission 30, p. 5.

[224]    Submission 30, p. 4.

[225]    Submission 30, pp 5-6.

[226]    Submission 7, p. 2.

[227]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, pp 72-73.

[228]    Submission 10, p. 12.

[229]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 74.

[230]    Ms Leica Wagner, Manager, Child Abuse Assessment Team, Department of Health and Human Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 75.

[231]    Submission 10, p. 12.

[232]    Submission 10, p. 12.

[233]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 16. The 'Who Am I?' project is discussed above under Forgotten Australians recommendation 12.

[234]    Submission 11, p. 7.

[235]    Submission 11, p. 7.

[236]    Submission 11, p. 8.

[237]    Submission 11, p. 9.

[238]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, pp 61-62; see also Lost Innocents, pp 256-257.

[239]    Submission 6, pp 6-7.

[240]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 33.

[241]     Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 60.

[242]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 60.

[243]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 61.

[244]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 61.

[245]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 62.

[246]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 64.

[247]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 29.

[248]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 33.

[249]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 29.

[250]    Submission 10, p. 12.

[251]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 21.

[252]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 39.

[253]    Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, pp 81-82.

[254]    Submission 16, Additional information dated 11.4.09.

[255]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 21.

[256]    Submission 10, p. 12.

[257]    Submission 4, p. 11.

[258]    Submission 24, p. 7.

[259]    Submission 15, p. 5.

[260]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 21.

[261]    Submission 30, p. 6.

[262]    Submission 11, p. 9.

[263]    Submission 11, p. 9.

[264]    Submission 11, p. 5.

[265]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 59.

[266]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 66.

[267]    Forgotten Australians, p. 300.

[268]    Submission 4, p. 1.

[269]    Submission 4, p. 3.

[270]    Ms Cherie Marian, Submission 26, p. 16.

[271]    Submission 10, p. 1.

[272]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 67.

[273]    Submission 10, p. 3.

[274]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 39.

[275]    Submission 33, p. 1.

[276]    Submission 4, p. 3.

[277]    Submission 10, p. 1.

[278]    Submission 4, p. 3.

[279]    Submission 10, p. 2.

[280]    Submission 26, p. 16.

[281]    Submission 10, p. 13.

[282]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 37.

[283]    Forgotten Australians, pp 292-300.

[284]    Submission 21, p. 10.

[285]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 18.

[286]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 14.

[287]    Submission 4, p. 1.

[288]    Submission 21, p. 8.

[289]    Submission 16, p. 10.

[290]    Submission 2, pp 15-16.

[291]    Submission 2, pp 15-16.

[292]    Submission 44, p. 4.

[293]    Submission 21, p. 11.

[294]    Submission 21, pp 8-9.

[295]    Submission 24, p. 8.

[296]    CLAN website, 'CLAN needs real funding', http://www.clan.org.au/news_details.php?newsID=75, accessed 16 June 2009.

[297]    Submission 30, p. 7.

[298]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 81.

[299]    Department of Human Services (Victoria) website, Media Release, 'Victorians apologise to abused former wards', 9 August 2006, http://hnb.dhs.vic.gov.au/web/pubaff/medrel.nsf/LinkView/C0AEAB7E4B196DDDCA2571C50028CC12?OpenDocument, accessed 16 June 2009.

[300]    Submission 11, p. 10.

[301]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 58.

[302]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 68.

[303]    Submission 28, p. 6.

[304]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 15.

[305]    Submission 36, p. 1.

[306]    Submission 2, p. 2.

[307]    Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 49.

[308]    Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 15.

[309]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 31.

[310]    Proof Committee Hansard , 7 April 2009, pp.9-19.

[311]    Submission  38 (Anthony Forrest) and Submission 44 (Ki Meekins).

[312]    Submission 24, pp 7-8.

[313]    These are discussed in more detail under Forgotten Australians recommendation 21 above.

[314]    Submission 30, p. 6.

[315]    Submission 7, p. 2.

[316]    CREATE Foundation website, http://www.create.org.au/print/CREATE_TAS/, accessed 12 June 2009.

[317]    Origins Inc., Submission 2, p. 18.

[318]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 31.

[319]    Submission 2, p. 16.

[320]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2009, p. 34.

[321]    Submission 10, p. 13.

[322]    Submission 10, p. 14.

[323]    Submission 2, p. 4.

[324]    Submission 2, p. 4.

[325]    Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 31.

[326]    Submission 21, p. 10.

CHAPTER 4 - LOST INNOCENTS

[1]        Submission 27, p. 3.

[2]        Submission 11, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 24, p. 5.

[4]        Submission 11, p. 5.

[5]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 26.

[6]        Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 22.

[7]        Submission 27, pp 4-5.

[8]        Mr Bill Hoyles, Senior Manager, Youth Affairs Submission 9, p. 5.

[9]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 27.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 11.

[11]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 18.

[12]      Additional information, 19 June 2009, p. 1.

[13]      Additional information, 19 June 2009, p. 4.

[14]      Submission 11, p. 8.

[15]      Submission 27, p. 7.

[16]      Submission 30, p. 6.

[17]      Submission 11, p. 9.

[18]      Lost Innocents, pp 221-223.

[19]      Submission 11, pp 9-10.

[20]      Submission 30, p. 6.

[21]      Submission 3, p. 47.

CHAPTER 5 - FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS

[1]        Submission 24, p. 1.

[2]        Submission 11, p. 2.

[3]        Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 2.

[4]        Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 5.

[5]        Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 3.

[6]        Submission 10, p. 6.

[7]        Submission 4, p. 7.

[8]        Forgotten Australians, p. 210.

[9]        Submission 6, p. 5; Submission 2, p. 13.

[10]      Submission 10, p. 9.

[11]      Submission 24, p. 3.

[12]      Submission 4, p. 9.

[13]      Submission 14, p. 5.

[14]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 April 2009, p. 12.

[15]      Submission 24, p. 4.

[16]      Submission 30, p. 4.

[17]      Submission 11, p. 5.

[18]      Submission 10, p. 16.

[19]      Submission 24, p. 9.

[20]      Submission 11, p. 11.

[21]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[22]      Submission 14, p. 6.

[23]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 73.

[24]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 49.

[25]      Submission 11, p. 13.

[26]      Submission 2, p. 25.

[27]      Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[28]      Submission 11, p. 13.

[29]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[30]      Submission 16, p. 4.

[31]      Submission 23, pp 2-3.

[32]      Submission 21, p. 12.

[33]      Submission 10, p. 19.

[34]      Submission 10, pp 19-20.

[35]      Submission 24, p. 13.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 April 2009, p. 70.

[37]      Submission 15, p. 7.

[38]      Submission 30, p. 11.

[39]      Submission 30, p. 11.

[40]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 April 2009, p. 70.

[41]      Department of Human Services (Victoria) website, Media Release, 'Victorians apologise to abused former wards', 9 August 2006, http://hnb.dhs.vic.gov.au/web/pubaff/medrel.nsf/LinkView/C0AEAB7E4B196DDDCA2571C50028CC12?OpenDocument, accessed 16 June 2009.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 16.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 30 March 2009, p. 45.

[44]      Submission 11, p. 14.

[45]      Submission 10, pp 19-20.

[46]      Submission 10, p. 20.

[47]      Submission 4, p. 20.

[48]      Submission 4, p. 21.

[49]      Submission 4a, pp 2-3.

CHAPTER 6 - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

[1]        The Committee notes that the wording used in recommendations 1 and 2 reflect the wording of the original recommendations of the two reports which utilised varied language of the time.

[2]        The Immigration department has had a number of titles during its period of funding the CMT.

[3]        Mr Peter Templeton, Assistant Secretary, Settlement Branch, DIAC, Proof Committee Hansard 8 April 2009, p.54.

[4]        Government of South Australia website, 'Ministerial Statement: Mullighan Inquiry into Children in State Care – Allegations of sexual abuse and death', 1 April 2008, http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=2941&print=1, accessed 23 June 2009.

[5]        Forde Inquiry Report, Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions, http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/community/redress-scheme/documents/forde_comminquiry.pdf, p. 276, accessed 23 June 2006.

[6]        Commission to inquire into Child Abuse website, http://www.childabusecommission.ie/index.html, accessed 23 June 2009.