The Catholic Church in Tasmania has vowed to defy law reform that would remove the protections on the confessional.
Recommendation 88 of the final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was that.
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.
The Greens are committed to funding the State's contribution to the scheme, estimated at $13 million over the next decade.
The Turnbull Government today introduced legislation to establish a Commonwealth civil redress scheme for survivors of past abuse in institutional settings.
All States and Territories are expected to commit funding yet there is no allocation in this coming, or any subsequent State Budget year, towards the Scheme.
We hope the Hodgman Liberals will follow their Canberra colleagues’ lead and provide redress funding in the State Budget.
A national redress scheme for victims of institutionalised sexual abuse was a key recommendation of the Royal Commission.