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Abuse in care versus not in care: we need to tackle potential bias in a national redress scheme

  • Written by Kathleen Daly, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
No other government redress scheme has included children who were abused both in care and not in care.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The proposed Commonwealth redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse is a first step toward creating a national redress scheme. Should a national scheme result, it will be unlike any other in the world.

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