The former prime minister has urged governments to follow royal commission recommendations on redress

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated October 22 2018 - 8:22am, first published 5:00am
Message: Former prime minister Julia Gillard has urged Australian governments to stay as close as possible to the royal commission's recommendations for the National Redress Scheme.
Message: Former prime minister Julia Gillard has urged Australian governments to stay as close as possible to the royal commission's recommendations for the National Redress Scheme.

FORMER prime minister Julia Gillard has urged Australian governments to stay “as close as possible” to the child abuse royal commission recommendations for a National Redress Scheme, after strong criticism by survivor and other groups that it has strayed from the “open-hearted” scheme proposed by the commission.

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