maandag, februari 19, 2018

Frankly speaking...


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National redress scheme a slow train coming
Francis Sullivan 16 February 2018

The slow train that is national redress continues to chug along. Another COAG meeting and another disappointing outcome for survivors, whose hopes have been pinned on the redress scheme. Even with the Prime Minister cranking up enthusiasm and urging the states to get on board, the COAG meeting was a fizzer when it came to real commitments from our political leaders.

No wonder victims and survivors are sceptical. The Royal Commission’s recommendation for national redress has been known since September 2015. Yet it was only in the middle of 2017 that the Commonwealth rolled its sleeves up and began designing the scheme. The state governments have kept their powder dry and still do!

By July a scheme of
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