A man repeatedly abused as a child at the Turana Boys’ Home and at a Salvation Army institution in Victoria has implored the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, not to exclude criminals who were victims of childhood sexual abuse from accessing a national redress scheme.
In October the government introduced national redress scheme legislation for childhood sexual abuse survivors. The legislation was referred to a Senate inquiry by the shadow social services minister, Jenny Macklin, over concerns about the opt-in nature of the scheme for institutions, the amount of redress available being inadequate, and anger that child abuse survivors who went on to commit serious crimes as adults would be barred from accessing redress.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/31/plea-for-criminals-who-were-victims-of-child-sexual-abuse-to-access-redress-scheme
In October the government introduced national redress scheme legislation for childhood sexual abuse survivors. The legislation was referred to a Senate inquiry by the shadow social services minister, Jenny Macklin, over concerns about the opt-in nature of the scheme for institutions, the amount of redress available being inadequate, and anger that child abuse survivors who went on to commit serious crimes as adults would be barred from accessing redress.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/31/plea-for-criminals-who-were-victims-of-child-sexual-abuse-to-access-redress-scheme
