WOMAN WINS RIGHT TO SUE QUEENSLAND OVER ALLEGED HISTORIC SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE AS A ‘STATE CHILD’
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✍️ The High Court of Australia has ruled that an Aboriginal woman can pursue damages for historical sexual and physical abuse while in state care in Queensland, despite the difficulty in establishing what happened over 60 years ago.
👉 The High Court ruled that the woman can pursue damages for three allegations of sexual abuse 👉 The court rejected the state's claims to prevent the physical abuse at the dormitory from going to trial 👉 The court rejected the state's claims to prevent the sexual abuse claims against NW from going to trial 👉 The court ruled that no legal action should proceed on the allegations the foster parents regularly beat the woman or the sexual abuse claims against the relative involved in the incident when she was 13
-- #Thewoman #RS #NW #Queensland #Cherbourg #Murgon #mainstream #world
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