Thirty additional institutions join the National Redress Scheme

Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher has welcomed the addition of thirty institutions to the National Redress Scheme today, 22 Anglican institutions, five Baptist organisations, Scouts Queensland, Sisters of Mercy Parramatta, and the Uniting Church in Australia.

“I am pleased that institutions are taking heed of the request for them to join the Redress Scheme as soon as possible,” Mr Fletcher said.

 

“I continue to emphasise the urgency of giving survivors access to redress as soon as they are able.

 

The Liberal-National Government expects all the institutions where institutional child sexual abuse has occurred to sign up to the National Redress Scheme as soon as possible.

 

As additional institutions join, more applications can be processed and more survivors of institutional child sexual abuse can access support and acknowledgement through the Scheme.

 

Survivors can make an application for redress at any time, however applications can only be processed once the relevant institution has completed the necessary steps and joined the Scheme.

 

Survivors can make applications for redress at any time, however applications cannot be processed until the relevant institution has completed the necessary steps to join the Scheme.

The list of 22 Anglican institutions who joined the Scheme today are:

1.       Anglican Church Diocese Bunbury

2.       Anglican Church  Diocese of Grafton

3.       Anglican Church Diocese of Gippsland

4.       Anglican Church Diocese of Melbourne

5.       Anglican Church Diocese of Newcastle

6.       Anglican Church Diocese of North Queensland

7.       Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney

8.       Anglican Church Diocese of Tasmania

9.       Anglican Church Diocese of Willochra

10.   Anglican Schools Corporation

11.   Anglicare SA Ltd

12.   Anglicare N.T. Ltd 

13.   Brotherhood of St Laurence

14.   Church Missionary Society - Australia Limited

15.   Church Missionary Society Victoria Incorporated

16.   Church Missionary Society - NSW and ACT Limited

17.   Mentone Grammar School

18.   St Columba Anglican School Council

19.   St Michael's Collegiate School

20.   The Council of Macarthur Anglican School ATF Macarthur Anglican School

21.   The Council of Tara Anglican School for Girls

22.   The Hutchins School

 

The five Baptist organisations who joined the Scheme today are:

 

Redress can include a redress payment, access to counselling services and a direct personal response from the responsible institution for people who want it.

 

For more information, including a searchable list of institutions that have joined the Scheme and support services to help you to complete an application, visitwww.nationalredress.gov.au