Media
2024
2023
>> Hearing begins over push to defrock former governor-general
The Age, 6 February 2023
>> Peter Hollingworth hearing: complainant says secrecy ‘only serves to re-enforce harm’
The Guardian, 9 February 2023
2022
2021
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>> New Norcia child abuse victims call for their damages claims to be fast-tracked
>> Watch here ABC News, 19 September 2021
>> Read here ABC News, 19 September 2021
2020
>> Victoria’s education regulator launches probe into St Kevin's College
Interview with Frank Kelly, ABC RN Breakfast, 19 February 2020
>> Landmark court ruling expected to lead to victims pursuing appropriate compensation
Article by Andrew Thomson, Warrnambool Standard
2019
The National Redress Scheme
We held a rally in Melbourne on 31 March 2019 to change the National Redress Scheme. Australian Governments, the Catholic Church and other NGOs had brazenly flouted the sound, evidence-based recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse for a National Redress Scheme.
After the rally, we sent this document to the Federal Government, State Governments and Territories.
The three speeches from the rally by Judy Courtin, Clare Linane and Steve Bisinella are included in this document.
>> Church admit liability for abuse
The Standard, 6 September 2019
>> Trial delayed as Catholic Church fights compensation claim for Ridsdale victim
The Age, 16 July 2019
>> ’They have not changed’: Anger at Catholic Church’s legal tactics
The Age, 1 June 2019
>> Catholic Church lawyers caught out playing hardball in explosive civil litigation case
The Courier, 29 May 2019
>> Pell conviction turns spotlight on Church’s treatment of abuse survivors
Interview with Frank Kelly, ABC RN Breakfast, 27 February 2019
>> Child sex abuse rally in Melbourne to reform Redress Scheme
Independent Australia, 30 March 2019
2018
>> Sydney archdiocese runs ads seeking donations for Cardinal George Pell's legal fees
Interview with Melissa Davey, 9 May 2018
>> Lawyer expresses concerns about national redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors
Interview with Eleanor Hall, The World Today, 22 October 2018
>> Pell committal to trial will give hope to victims, says legal academic Interview with Gerome Doraisamy, 2 May 2018
2017
>> Concerns about the road ahead for survivors of child abuse
Thomas Oriti, The World Today, 12 December, 2017
2016
>> Rubbing salt into the wound for abuse victims
The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November 2016
2015
>> George Pell: the Catholic Church’s performance at the royal commission is farcical
The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 December 2015
>> St Patrick's abuse allegations: Claims strike at heart of church
The Age, 23 December 2015
2014
2013
>> Cardinal Pell and the inquiries into child sex abuse
The Conversation, 28 May 2013
>> Child abuse victims suffer greater long-term health costs: study
The Conversation, 10 July 2013
2012
>> Compromised inquiry into church sex crimes disrespects victims
The Conversation, 26 April 2012
>> George Pell and the requirement for the mandatory reporting of sex predator priests
The Conversation, 4 July 2012
>> Church and state oppose a Royal Commission at the expense of clergy’s victims
The Conversation, 12 November 2012
>> Australian Royal Commission and the Savile investigation: getting the truth out
The Conversation, 24 December 2012
>> Hell on earth
Interview with Michael Short, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2012
>> The unholiest of PR spin
The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 September 2012
>> The unholiest of PR spin
The Canberra Times, 24 September 2012
2011
>> Child abuse and the church: no more excuses
The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 2011
