9.3.6 Review of the Scheme
Summary
The Minister must commence a review of the Scheme as soon as possible after:
- the second anniversary of the Scheme start day, and
- the eighth anniversary of the Scheme start day.
The scope of the reviews must include all of the following matters:
- the extent to which the States, participating Territories and non-government institutions have opted into the Scheme, including key facilitators and barriers to opting in
- the extent to which survivors who are eligible for redress under the Scheme have applied for redress
- the extent to which redress has been provided to survivors who are entitled to redress under the Scheme
- the application, assessment and decision-making process, including user experiences of the process
- redress payments
- access to counselling and psychological services under the Scheme
- the extent to which survivors access direct personal responses under the Scheme, including factors influencing the uptake and experiences with the direct personal response process
- the availability of, and access to, support services under the Scheme
- the implications of the Scheme's design for survivors (including Indigenous and child migrant survivors as well as survivors who are still children or who have a criminal conviction)
- the operation of the Scheme's funding arrangements (including a review of the Scheme administration component of funding contribution for participating institutions' share of the costs of the administration of the Scheme)
- the operation of the funder of last resort provisions
- the extent to which the Scheme has been implemented as proposed in the National Redress Scheme Agreement
- the views of key stakeholders on the Scheme (including representatives from survivor groups, non-government institutions, advocacy groups, support services provider groups, the Independent Advisory Council, the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories)
- the administration of this Act and the Scheme
- any other matter relevant to the operation of this Act or the Scheme
- the results of any other review or evaluation conducted in relation to the operation of the Scheme.
Act reference: NRSAct section 192 Review of the scheme