On 20 March 2024, the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment Bill 2023 passed through the Australian Parliament. The Bill appears to have been assented to on 28 March 2024.
An update email from the Redress Scheme identifies the key changes made by the Bill as follows:
- applicants will be able to provide additional information when requesting a review
- the circumstances where applicants must undertake a special assessment process will be reduced
- finalised applications will be able to be reassessed if a relevant institution later joins the Scheme
- people who are incarcerated will be able to lodge an application
- the Scheme’s protected information framework will be amended to enable the disclosure of protected information in select circumstances
- technical aspects of Funder of Last Resort provisions will be improved.
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