Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Siewert. I know that this has been a particular issue for the Western Australian senators in this place and others in this parliament, not least due to the sizable number of people involved with Fairbridge. As a result of Fairbridge Restored's refusal to join the scheme, we named and shamed them on 1 July last year. We are continuing to consider and work through the particular options for how we can ensure that we get the redress that the survivors of that particular institution deserve. At the moment, we are in negotiations. We have engaged with the Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Government Solicitor in relation to the unique situation in terms of the relationship between Fairbridge Restored and the Prince's Trust. Due to the stage of those negotiations, I can't really give you a lot more information. We need to move to the settlement, and we would not seek to prejudice the outcome of those negotiations by any commentary here. We will continue to advance the work to make sure that we resolve this issue. We are confident that we will be able to find a solution that can be progressed to ensure that survivors of that particular institution can get the redress that they deserve. I regret that I can't give you any more detail than that.