SadKangaroo
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There are numerous programs and schemes aimed at redressing similar issues involving white children who were removed from their families and subjected to unpaid labour. Are these schemes equally objectionable in your view? Consider the following:
- Tasmanian Redress Scheme (2003): Tasmania was the first state to introduce a compensation scheme for those who suffered abuse or mistreatment in state care, including unpaid labour.
- National Redress Scheme (2018): Established in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, this scheme offers financial compensation, counselling, and formal apologies to survivors of institutional abuse, including forced labour.
- Redress for Forgotten Australians: Referring to the estimated 500,000 predominantly white children placed in institutional or out-of-home care during the 20th century, many endured forced labour, abuse, and neglect. While no national scheme exists, states such as Queensland (Redress Scheme, 2007), Victoria, and South Australia implemented compensation programs.
- National Apology (2009): The Australian government formally apologised to Forgotten Australians, acknowledging the harm caused by forced labour, abuse, and neglect in care institutions.
Shouldn’t these redress efforts, addressing comparable injustices, provoke the same level of outrage from you as well?
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