The disability royal commission recommended providers offer redress to people who experience harm while in their care. But reparations for past harms were not addressed.
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Australia doesn’t have ‘conservatorships’ but rather guardianship and financial management laws for each state and territory.
The Parramatta Female Factory has been identified as a site of abuse by the royal commission. Now a community-led campaign is transforming it into a ‘site of conscience’.
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