Talk:National Redress Scheme

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Major Edit

The introduction has been edited to remove the ambiguous term “support” and insert the elements of redress as set out In the “Objects” section of the Act. The qualification on eligibility has been deleted as it is inaccurate – the Commonwealth and State governments are funders of last resort under the Act where an institution is not participating. A reference to the original source of the figure of 60000 has been inserted.

The title “Procedure and compensation” has been edited as payments made under the scheme are specifically not “compensation” (which is a monetary payment calculated on the basis of “loss”), rather redress payments are in the character of recognition of harm.

The first sentence has been altered to include “institutional” to reflect the scope of the Scheme. Under this section the sentence stating that imprisoned persons were ineligible to apply has been deleted as it is no longer accurate as a consequence of the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment Act 2024. The sentence relating to 60000 applicants has been deleted as it replicates the sentence in the introduction. The table employed for calculating redress payments has been inserted.

Further editing is required to bring the article up to date, which I shall return to. DJK1098S (talk) 23:40, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]