Christmas closure notice
Knowmore will be closed for the Christmas - New year period commencing Monday 24 December 2018 and will open again on Wednesday 2 January 2019.
Knowmore to offer free in-house financial counselling to survivors
knowmore legal service has been awarded a million dollars in funding by the Financial Counselling Foundation to offer free financial counselling to survivors of institutional childhood sexual abuse.
Watch: Webinar – Beyond the Royal Commission
Knowmore's Principal Lawyer Prue Gregory and Regional Manager Rory Maloney recently presented about the National Redress Scheme at a webinar arranged by Legal Aid New South Wales.
National Apology speeches – full transcripts
National Apology speeches delivered by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the Australian Parliament on October 22, 2018 and by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to the Australian Parliament on October 22, 2018.
National Apology community events
The National Apology will be televised live throughout Australia and with state and territory events around Australia.
Legal support services to help survivors of institutional child sexual abuse access redress
Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will have access to legal support services to help them access redress under the Commonwealth Redress Scheme.
Ongoing Support for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
The National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) has today welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government that Knowmore will be provided with ongoing funding to support survivors of institutional child sexual abuse access redress under the Commonwealth Redress Scheme.
Congratulations to Principal Lawyer Prue Gregory – 2017 NSW Justice Medal Award winner
Prue Gregory, a community lawyer providing free legal assistance for people who have experienced child abuse, has been awarded the 2017 Justice Medal at the Justice Awards hosted by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW at Parliament House.
Statute of limitations changes – what next for abuse survivors?
A milestone yesterday for survivors of institutional sex abuse in Queensland.
Time limits on legal claims by child sex abuse victims to be removed in Queensland
Joint statement from Premier and Minister for the Arts, The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk and Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Training and Skills, The Honourable Yvette D'Ath.
Royal Commission into the Child Protection and Youth Detention Systems of the Northern Territory
Royal Commission into the Child Protection and Youth Detention Systems of the Northern Territory
We will right this terrible wrong: Christian Brothers
With searing eloquence, 11 men bravely told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Perth of the devastating impact of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of Christian Brothers in residences at Castledare, Clontarf, Bindoon and Tardun in Western Australia more than 50