Federal government's refusal to set up national fund for child sex abuse victims criticised by commissioner

Justice Peter McClellan says federal fund, supported by Catholic and Anglican churches, was most likely to deliver ‘just and fair’ outcome for victim.  The federal government’s refusal to establish a national compensation scheme for child sex abuse victims is disappointing, Justice Peter McClellan, the royal commissioner, has said.
In an opening address on Wednesday to a public hearing into redress for abuse survivors, McClellan said it was disappointing that the approach most likely to ensure a “just, fair and consistent outcome for all victims” was not supported by the Commonwealth.

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