This bill is a response to the royal commission's Redress and Civil Litigation Report which came out at the end of 2017.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse shocked the nation.
It is extremely important that this House recognises it has a responsibility to deal with this amended legislation today.
Mr Deputy Speaker, it has been a long, traumatic and painful journey to this point.
Catholic Care, according to its most recent annual report, received more than $7 million in government funding last year.
The Catholic Church in Tasmania has vowed to defy law reform that would remove the protections on the confessional.
While the Liberals drag their heels, Tasmania church leaders have joined forces to call for the State to join the National Child Abuse Redress Scheme.