Based on research of previous Reparations and Redress operational functions, detailed at Appendix 3, and Stolen Generations Reparations consultation results, the Steering Committee makes the following recommendations (12-34) on the operational framework for the Stolen Generations Reparations package.
Stolen Generations Reparations Guiding Principle (2)
Recommendation 12
The Steering Committee recommends that the Reparations process provides a fully supported, accessible, transparent and trauma informed service.
It is important that to fulfill this recommendation that applicants are not required to re-tell their story in order to access the Stolen Generations Reparations package or enhanced services. As one Stolen Generations consultation participant stated ‘No, no, no, don’t bring up bad memories it makes me sick…’
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