Mr Deputy Speaker, it has been a long, traumatic and painful journey to this point.
A number of members of the Chamber attended the parliamentary prayer breakfast this morning.
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.
In Estimates today, the Premier refused to state that his government is committed to contributing towards the national redress scheme.
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.
It continues a long-standing tradition of the Tasmanian Greens to present an alternative vision for the future of Tasmania.
