Stirling Griff (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

Centre Alliance supports this motion and wants it noted that survivors of institutional child sexual abuse are waiting too long for redress scheme payments. The government has acknowledged that some survivors have died before receiving financial compensation. This is a travesty. The latest data, as at 24 April, shows that there are 526 survivors waiting to have their claims processed because named institutions have not joined the scheme, despite the scheme having commenced over two years ago. Institutions that are stalling or are refusing to join the scheme are compounding the severe trauma of survivors, who need resolution so they can continue their path to healing. Those institutions who fail to join deserve to be named and shamed, and the clock is ticking.

Question agreed to.