News and media releases

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Community Legal Centres Queensland Conference – 8 to 9 March 2018

The 2018 Community Legal Centres Queensland Conference is taking place 8 to 9 March 2018 at the Oakwood Hotel & Apartments, 15 Ivory Lane, Brisbane.

Legislation introduced for the Commonwealth Redress Scheme

The Turnbull Government today took an historic and critical step towards providing justice to survivors of child sexual abuse in institutional settings.

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.

Chair of the Royal Commission, the Hon. Justice Peter McClellan AM – presents on the Criminal Justice Report

Seminar 4—The Criminal Justice Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Vale Anthony Foster – June 2017

The staff at Knowmore were deeply saddened to learn over the weekend of the death of Anthony Foster.

Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

The Turnbull Government’s redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse in institutional settings is planned to commence in 2018.

Budget guarantees ongoing legal help for survivors of child sexual abuse

The Government’s decision to provide further funding for Knowmore means the legal needs of survivors of child sexual abuse

Western Australia – Limitation period to go for child abuse victims

Laws to remove limitation periods for victims of child sexual abuse to take civil action against perpetrators and institutions will be enacted by a re-elected Liberal National Government, Premier Colin Barnett said today.

2016 ALA Civil Justice Award

An organisation working day in and day out to provide independent, free legal advice and assistance to people who were victims of institutional child sexual abuse has been presented with the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) 2016 Civil Justice Award.

ABC Radio Interview – Child Sexual Abuse Deadline

Today is the last day if you're wanting to tell your story to the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse.

Queensland to scrap age limits on child sex abuse victims lawsuits

he Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has announced her government plans to scrap age limits on lawsuits for victims of child sexual abuse.

Statute of limitations changes – what next for abuse survivors?

A milestone yesterday for survivors of institutional sex abuse in Queensland.