Bill
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-06-21. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-05-10
- second reading — 2018-05-10
- second reading — 2018-05-23
- second reading — 2018-05-24
- second reading — 2018-05-29
- second reading — 2018-05-29
- third reading — 2018-05-29
- introduced — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- committee — 2018-06-18
- committee — 2018-06-19
- third reading — 2018-06-19
- passed — 2018-06-19
- royal assent — 2018-06-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-05-10.
This bill is part of a package that creates the National Redress Scheme for people who experienced child sexual abuse in an institutional setting.
The scheme would offer eligible survivors up to $150,000, counselling services, and a personal response from the responsible institution.
A person would be eligible if the abuse happened before 1 July 2018 and they are an Australian citizen or permanent resident at the time of application.
- Establishes the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
- Sets out eligibility criteria including that the abuse occurred before 1 July 2018.
- Requires applicants to release participating institutions from liability if they accept an offer of redress.
- Provides for a review of the scheme after the second and eighth anniversaries of its start.
- Exempts scheme payments from income testing under social security and veterans' legislation.
- Exempts scheme decisions from judicial review under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977.
Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, participating Commonwealth, state and territory institutions, and non-government institutions that choose to join the scheme.
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