The National Redress Scheme (NRS) was established in 2018 by the Australian Government as a result of a recommendation by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
[10] Courtin explained in a separate article that the matrix limits payouts for those who were not sexually penetrated to $50,000, even when in the presence of extenuating circumstances.
[11] By comparison, Rebel Wilson was awarded $650,000 by the Victorian supreme court for "hurt and distress"[13] in a defamation case against magazine company Bauer Media.
[14] The ABC reported that details of the NRS matrix were not made public until after the bill had passed both houses of Parliament.
[10] In The Sydney Morning Herald, survivor and barrister James Miller insisted for changes to the existing version of the matrix, which he claimed ran contrary to the Royal Commission recommendation for assessment to be calculated according to severity and impact.
[15] The Catholic Church in Australia supported limiting maximum compensation to $150,000, which faced criticism from the legal profession.