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'Cruel' Centrelink delay for institutional child sex abuse survivors' civil financial compensation

Sage Swinton
Updated September 10 2020 - 9:19pm, first published 8:30pm
ISSUE: Federal member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon said it was appalling that survivors of institutional child sex abuse had been forced to wait for compensation due to Centrelink backlogs.
ISSUE: Federal member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon said it was appalling that survivors of institutional child sex abuse had been forced to wait for compensation due to Centrelink backlogs.

Survivors of institutional child sex abuse have been waiting months to receive agreed compensation money due to "major delays" in the Centrelink approval process.

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Sage Swinton

Sage Swinton

Journalist

Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter. She has been with the Newcastle Herald since June 2020, and covers Newcastle council as well as other general news.

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