Redress Scheme visits Fairfield, Sydney NSW
A free half-day community organisation workshop about the National Redress Scheme will be held in Fairfield, Sydney NSW on Thursday 20 February 2025. The workshop will be held at Settlement Services International.
The workshop will provide community organisation attendees with information about the National Redress Scheme and other similar schemes that are currently active for people in NSW. The workshop will have a focus on people who come from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
The session will discuss the different purposes and functions of the schemes, as well as how to engage with these services, and access free confidential and culturally safe support.
Government representatives will be participating to share information and answer questions, and there will be presentations from various Redress Support Services and Knowmore(Opens in a new tab/window) Legal Service.
Please note, attendance at these workshops is limited to staff in community groups, organisations, and services. There is limited capacity for each event, please register your organisation’s attendance below.
Redress Scheme visits Albury-Wodonga, NSW/Victoria
Planning is underway for a free half-day community workshop about the National Redress Scheme, to be held in the Albury-Wodonga region at the Atura Hotel, Albury, Thursday 27 March 2025 from 9.30am – 1.00pm AEDT. More information about this event will be shared closer to the date.
These are part of a series of Redress Support Service-led workshops to raise awareness of the Scheme. To register your interest in future workshops, email DSSRedressEngagement@dss.gov.au.
Please note, attendance at these workshops is limited to staff in community groups, organisations, and services. There is limited capacity for each event, please register your organisation’s attendance below.
Protected Information reminder
The protection of applicants’ deeply personal information and institutions’ sensitive information is paramount to the National Redress Scheme. The Scheme takes its responsibility for protected information seriously to reduce the risk of re-traumatisation for survivors and maintain the integrity of, and trust in, Scheme processes and decision making.
Media outlets, applicants, government and non-government institutions, and other relevant stakeholders are reminded that information about a person or an institution that is held by the National Redress Scheme is protected information and cannot be disclosed unless authorised in accordance with the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018.
Penalties apply to the unauthorised disclosure of protected information in certain circumstances.
Please refer to the protected information factsheet or contact the Scheme on 1800 737 377 for more information or to report suspected unauthorised disclosure of protected information.
Scheme data
As at 31 January 2025, there have been 55,740 applications to the Scheme.
- 21,071 applicants have had their outcomes advised. Of these 17,810 payments have been made totalling approximately $1.59 billion dollars
- 2,516 have been withdrawn by the applicant
- 32,153 applications are yet to receive an outcome. Of which:
- 20,673 applications are actionable by the Scheme.
- 4,152 applications are being validated with the initial contact being made
- 12,207 applications are in the information gathering stage
- 3,807 applications are with an IDM for a determination
- 507 applications are being prepared for delivery of the outcome
- 4,580 applications are unable to be actioned by the Scheme. Of these:
- 3,012 are awaiting the applicant to provide additional information
- 1,568 are undergoing a special assessment for serious criminal conviction/applying from gaol
- 6,900 applications are on hold.
- 20,673 applications are actionable by the Scheme.
Participating institutions update
The Minister's Declaration is an official list of all participating institutions. It is updated when a new institution joins the Scheme or the status of a participating institution changes.
As at 30 January 2025, data regarding participating institutions remains the same as included in the September update.
The Declarations are available on the Federal Register of Legislation(Opens in a new tab/window). For the latest information about institutions, visit the Institutions page on our website.