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Scheme data

• As at 28 February 2026, there have been 75,643 applications to the Scheme
• 26,930 applicants have had their outcomes advised. Of these 21,496 payments have been made totalling approximately $1.91 billion dollars
• 4,195 have been withdrawn or closed
• 44,518 applications are yet to have their outcome advised. Of which:
  • 28,828 applications are actionable by the Scheme.
    • 10,092 applications are being validated with the initial contact being made
    • 12,055 applications are in the information gathering stage
    • 5,942 applications are with an IDM for determination
    • 739 applications are being prepared for delivery of the outcome
  • 9,610 applications are unable to be actioned by the Scheme. Of these:
    • 7,786 are awaiting the applicant to provide additional information
    • 1,824 are undergoing a special assessment for serious criminal conviction
  • 6,080 applications are on hold
• Over the last six months 248 reviews have been requested and 132 have been completed, of those completed 19.7% resulted in an increase in redress payment
• Over the last six months the Scheme has received an average of 1,429 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 1,458 per month in FY25-26.

For the month of February: 

• 971 applications have been resolved
• 34.1% of survivors have identified as a First Nations person
• 29.4% of survivors have indicated they are living with a disability
• 34.1% of survivors are Care Leavers*
• 47.6% of survivors accepted a Direct Personal Response (DPR) as part of their redress offer
• 6 survivors completed a DPR with 7 institutions
• 16 survivors made contact with 26 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.

As at 28 February 2026, there are 693 fully-participating institutions, 152 defunct institutions and 26 partly-participating institutions declared as participating in the Scheme.

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.