Please be aware this update contains material that could be confronting or distressing. Sometimes words or images can cause sadness or distress or trigger traumatic memories, particularly for people who have experienced past abuse or childhood trauma.

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If you need immediate support, 24-hour telephone assistance is available.

SAMSN capacity building workshops for community organisations

Redress Support Service SAMSN(Opens in a new tab/window) (Survivors and Mates Support Network) are hosting free workshops, designed for professionals working with male survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

These one-day workshops are designed for community organisations and services providing support to survivors of child sexual abuse, with a focus on supporting adult male survivors.

The workshops aim to build capacity in:

• Navigating justice, including differences between redress and civil litigation
• Developing a trauma informed response to support male survivors and their loved ones
• Understanding the dynamics of child sexual abuse and its impacts on men’s health, relationships, and sense of self.

These workshops are ideal for psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, allied health staff, and professionals supporting or working with survivors of child sexual abuse. The workshops may count toward continuing professional development for some professionals.

SAMSN will be delivering capacity building workshops on the following days:

• 9.30am to 4pm, Tuesday 5 May at the Paranaple Convention Centre, Aberdeen Room, Market Square, Devonport, TAS
• 9.30am to 4pm, Thursday 7 May at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Banksia Room, Hobart, TAS

Registration for both workshops can be made by visiting SAMSN’s website(Opens in a new tab/window).

This is part of a series of Redress Support Service-led workshops to raise awareness of the Scheme. To register your interest in future workshops, email DSSRedressEngagement@dss.gov.au.

Scheme data

• There have been 74,174 applications to the Scheme
• 26,116 applicants have had their outcomes advised. Of these 21,041 payments have been made totalling approximately $1.88 billion dollars
• 4,080 have been withdrawn or closed
• 43,978 applications are yet to have their outcome advised. Of which:
  • 28,971 applications are actionable by the Scheme.
    • 9,717 applications are being validated with the initial contact being made
    • 12,588 applications are in the information gathering stage
    • 5,802 applications are with an IDM for determination
    • 864 applications are being prepared for delivery of the outcome
  • 9,049 applications are unable to be actioned by the Scheme. Of these:
    • 7,258 are awaiting the applicant to provide additional information
    • 1,791 are undergoing a special assessment for serious criminal conviction
• 5,958 applications are on hold
• Over the last six months 226 reviews have been requested and 120 have been completed, of those completed 27.5% resulted in an increase in redress payment
• Over the last six months the Scheme has received an average of 1,430 applications per month

• There were an average of 357 applications received per month in FY18-19, 262 per month in FY19-20, 316 per month in FY20-21, 499 per month in FY21-22, 894 per month in FY22-23, 1,360 per month in FY23-24, 1,644 per month in FY24-25, and 1,457 per month in FY25-26.

For the month of January:

• 903 applications have been resolved
• 34.1% of survivors have identified as a First Nations person
• 31.9% of survivors have indicated they are living with a disability
• 34.1% of survivors are Care Leavers*
• 56.3% of survivors accepted a Direct Personal Response (DPR) as part of their redress offer
• 7 survivors completed a DPR with 11 institutions
• 8 survivors made contact with 13 institutions to begin the DPR process

*Care leavers are defined as applicants who indicated any of the following on their application: they were a foster child, in relative kinship, court-ordered care or a child migrant.

Note: Counts provided will slightly differ from previous versions as closed cases are now included. Closed cases include applications that are not eligible to apply to the Scheme.

Participating institutions update

The National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Declaration 2018 (the Declaration) is an official list of all participating institutions. It is updated when new institutions join the Scheme as either fully-participating, partly-participating or defunct institutions, or the status of a participating institution changes.

Two declarations were signed by the Department’s Chief Operating Officer late last year. As at 30 January 2026, there are 693 fully-participating institutions, 152 defunct institutions and 26 partly-participating institutions declared as participating in the Scheme.

Additionally, in late January 2026, the Scheme Operator exercised his powers under section 95A of the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 to publicly disclose the following 6 institutions as not participating in the Scheme:

• Aboriginal Children’s Service Ltd (NSW)
• Dirt Track Promotions Pty Ltd (QLD)
• Iragul Aboriginal Corporation (WA)
• Kingsgrove Colts Junior Rugby League Football Club Incorporated (NSW)
• Raymond Terrace Community Church Incorporated (NSW)
• Robinvale Church of Christ (VIC)

Applicants impacted by these institutions not joining the Scheme have been notified and encouraged to contact a Redress Support Service.

Updates to the Declaration are available on the Federal Register of Legislation(Opens in a new tab/window). For the latest information about institutions, visit the Institutions page on our website. If you have concerns because of an institution’s participation status with the National Redress Scheme, please contact the National Redress Scheme on 1800 737 377 to speak to someone about your application.

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