27075 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions

Written Question

Published date: 09 Jun 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	27075 (2025)
Question asked:	22 May 2025
Member asking:	Hon Willow-Jean Prime
Portfolio:	Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	02 Jun 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_27075_2025
Document guid:	30ba2f9d-24d6-492e-8af3-7478cd15b074

27075 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions: What assessment, if any, was used to arrive at the decision under the announced abuse in care redress system to increase the average payment by 50 percent for survivors of abuse in care?

Hon Erica Stanford: The assessment that the current average redress payments, which had not been increased by the previous Government, were too low.