Institutions encouraged to join National Redress Scheme in response to institutional child sexual abuse
The National Redress Scheme is providing support to people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse by providing access to counselling, a direct personal response and a redress payment. Non-government institutions are encouraged to join the scheme quickly so that people who have experienced institutional child abuse can have access to the scheme. Launched on […]
Commitment to Action on Symposium’s Issues
At the inaugural National Indigenous Education and Boarding Symposium held in Canberra participants resolved to follow up on what they had learned from three major reports impacting upon providers of education, boarding and welfare for Indigenous students. Feedback received shows that an encouraging 95% of delegates have already taken their experiences at the Symposium back […]
Board Buzz: President Anthony Bennett
Major changes needed to provide better care for other people’s children. When the Royal Commission released its report into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse it was clear that safety and protection of children from abuse (emotional and sexual) remains a major concern in a wide range of institutions and has been for the last […]