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POSTED 15-04-2015
'Stain on my brain': David Owen to tell Royal Commission of life of abuse
David Owen was born after his 12-year-old mother was raped, was offered for adoption in a newspaper advertisement, and was physically, sexually and emotionally assaulted for years at an isolated orphanage run by the Catholic Sisters of Mercy.
POSTED 25-03-2015
Child sex abuse Royal Commission: Federal Government does not back national support scheme for victims, wants institutions to accept responsibility
The Federal Government does not support a single national support scheme for victims of institutionalised child sexual abuse and believes those institutions should foot the bill, a Royal Commission has heard.
POSTED 18-03-2015
Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson Denies Charge of Concealing Child Sexual Abuse
Archbishop Phil Wilson of Adelaide has said he will vigorously defend his innocence and vowed to clear his name after being charged by NSW police with concealing a serious offence regarding clerical child sexual abuse in the Hunter region nearly 30 years ago.
POSTED 18-03-2015
Care providers tell abuse inquiry more can be done to protect children
In one of the largest panel discussions the child abuse royal commission has seen to date, non-government care organisations have agreed that they could be doing more to keep children safe. And at the same time, the families of victims on the New South Wales far south coast say they are not being given enough support during an abuse case that is currently before the courts.
POSTED 16-03-2015
Inquiry hears child abused in state care was ignored
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has heard harrowing evidence of abuse in state care as recently as last year. In some cases, children were the perpetrators rather than the caregivers. When the abuse was reported, the procedures in place to support some of the children failed.
POSTED 17-02-2015
Finding the forgotten Australians – UNSW research project into children's homes
When Ian "Smiley" Bayliff and three of his brothers left their home in Manchester for Australia in the mid-1950s, their parents believed they were doing the best for their sons.
Mr Bayliff, then 8, and his brothers were sent to Fairbridge Farm near Molong, where they were promised a good education, healthy diet and an outdoor farming lifestyle.
POSTED 03-02-2015
Yeshivah College in spotlight for employing child sex predators
The Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse has held hearings into abuse within the Catholic Church, the Salvation Army and other religious groups – but today was the first involving the Jewish community, and in particular the ultra-Orthodox Yeshivah College
POSTED 02-02-2015
Bishop Bill Wright backs removal of statutory limitations on court action by sex abuse victims
The leader of the Catholic church in the Hunter has thrown his support behind a suggestion to repeal a time limit for victims of child sexual abuse to pursue civil litigation against the church and its clergy.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse discussed a possible repeal in its consultation paper, which was released on Friday.
POSTED 02-02-2015
Australia 'faces A$4bn' child-abuse compensation bill
Australia may need to pay $4.4bn as compensation to the victims of child abuse, officials say.
A consultation paper, released by Australia's Royal Commission into child sexual abuse, estimated 65,000 people may be entitled to compensation. The commission is investigating how schools, churches and government bodies responded to abuse claims and cases.
POSTED 02-02-2015
Australia 'faces A$4bn' child-abuse compensation bill
Australia may need to pay $4.4bn as compensation to the victims of child abuse, officials say.
A consultation paper, released by Australia's Royal Commission into child sexual abuse, estimated 65,000 people may be entitled to compensation. The commission is investigating how schools, churches and government bodies responded to abuse claims and cases.
POSTED 30-01-2015
Child sexual abuse royal commission: Consultation paper predicts national redress scheme for victims would exceed $4 billion
The total cost of a national compensation scheme for victims of child sexual abuse would exceed $4 billion, according to a consultation paper released by the royal commission.
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POSTED 17-11-2014
Fifth Anniversary National Apology
This week sees the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Australian Government’s formal apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants, delivered at a special remembrance event in Parliament House, Canberra on Monday 16 November, 2009.
