Senate debates

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Bills

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018, National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018; In Committee

12:57 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

On the indexation, in an answer to a question I put on notice, reference No. 3, at estimates about lawyers' fees, in terms of what will be taken into consideration in terms of indexing past payments, part of the department's answer said:

If legal fees are specified as a separate component, the legal fees will not be adjusted for inflation and then deducted from the person's redress payment.

So it's just the standard legal fee that was charged at the time that will be taken out?

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