Tasmanian Minister for Children, Michelle O’Byrne, has urged any remaining individuals who suffered abuse while in state care to come forward before the successful redress scheme closes to new applicants next month.
On 6 December 2010, the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee released its report from the Review of Government Compensation Payments. The review began in February 2010, and the Committee received 185 submissions from members of the public.
Recommendations from the December 2010 report included that the state governments of Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia review their redress …
