A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. The establishment a National Redress Scheme is a key recommendation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and is a critical part of the process of healing. Labor will contribute $33 million to the...

This report presents the findings of Responding to Family Violence: A Survey of Family Law Practices and Experiences (Survey of Practices).

This report suggests that a new approach that seeks a deeper understanding of why errors occur would be more effective in encouraging safe practices in the future. Executive Summary: The failure to protect children from sexual abuse not only arouses shock and anger but also puzzlement: how could people who are employed to care for...

This report contains recommendations in relation to the provision of effective redress for survivors through the establishment, funding and operation of a single national redress scheme and the provision of a direct personal response to survivors by institutions.

Assesses the Archdiocese of Melbourne’s process for responding to those who have been sexually abused by priests, religious and lay persons within the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Summary The report of Case Study 16 follows a public hearing into the Melbourne Response held in August last year (2014). At the public hearing the Royal Commission heard...