Royal commission: $4.3 billion is cost of redress to victims of child sex abuse

By Paul Bibby
Updated January 30 2015 - 2:08pm, first published 1:09pm
Justice Peter McClellan outlines redress issues at the royal commission on Friday: government would foot nearly half the bill. Photo: Nick Moir
Justice Peter McClellan outlines redress issues at the royal commission on Friday: government would foot nearly half the bill. Photo: Nick Moir

It would cost $4.3 billion over 10 years to provide redress to the 65,000 victims of child sex abuse in Australia, the royal commission says, with government footing nearly half the bill.

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