June 27, 2024
Deadline looms for abuse redress
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Former justice minister Andrew Little says the conclusion of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in state and faith based care means now is the time to look at meaningful redress for victims.
The report was delivered to Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro yesterday and will be presented to parliament next month.
Mr Little says in the past government agencies have fiercely resisted paying compensation or even acknowledging the harm done to people in care.
“There’s an opportunity now to really look at what meaningful compensation looks like. It might not be all in one lump sum. I imagine the compensation liability will be high. It may well be something that happens over a period of time. But I’m equally aware, and I was as minister, that thare are people by the week, by the mon th who are passing who haven’t seen justice and who haven’t had the ability to see redress,” Mr Little says.