Latest Government’s Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions News

Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill passes third reading
Survivor Support and Recognition Fund provides $4.9 million memorialise and care for unmarked graves and support survivor initiatives
Lake Alice torture redress report released
National Day of Reflection for survivors of abuse & neglect in care
Improving protection for people in state care
Redress System for survivors of abuse in care
Crown Response Ministerial Advisory Group Established
Government continues to respond to Royal Commission into Abuse in Care
Budget 2025 invests in care system and improving redress for survivors of abuse in state care
Fund to better recognise and support survivors
Independent arbiter to determine torture redress
Torture redress for survivors of the Lake Alice Unit
Government apologises for abuse in care
Govt strengthens protection for people in state care
Historic redress inequities finally resolved for Lake Alice Unit survivors
Govt confirms details of abuse in care national apology
Govt broadly accepts Royal Commission findings
Government progresses response to Abuse in Care recommendations
Rapid payments for terminally ill Lake Alice survivors
Government acknowledges torture at Lake Alice
Government acknowledges courageous abuse survivors
Government receives final report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care