Senate debates
Monday, 18 June 2018
Bills
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018, National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018; In Committee
8:44 pm
Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Environment and Water (Senate)) Share this | Hansard source
I share Senator Hinch's frustration at the government's lack of capacity to provide an answer to the question of the rationale as to why $150,000 is a valid level of compensation when the royal commission recommended $200,000. Can you please identify the architecture that shows—when the royal commission said the more serious forms of abuse warrant $200,000 worth of compensation—why the government believes that that abuse is only worth up to $150,000 in compensation?
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