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11 Apr 2025

Forced to watch porn: Another ex-Ballarat Grammar boarder sues over ‘traumatic initiations’

11 Apr 2025

A former student of the scandal-hit private school says “physical, sexual and psychological” abuse left him mentally scarred and hooked on drink and drugs.

The Age

11 Apr 2025

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Mathilda Robertson 30/5/23 Mathilda Robertson 30/5/23

Seeking compensation from offenders: accessing assets in non-institutional child sexual assault claims

Precedent

This article first appeared in Precent, journal of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, edition 176 ‘Damages’ May/June 2023.

Mathilda Robertson 5/4/23 Mathilda Robertson 5/4/23

Melbourne woman placed in abusive foster home receives record $2.6m payout

ABC

Mathilda Robertson 22/3/23 Mathilda Robertson 22/3/23

Alysha: Ashley whistleblower case settles after bitter legal fight

The Mercury

Mathilda Robertson 12/10/22 Mathilda Robertson 12/10/22

More Details Needed re Proposed Care Leaver Redress Scheme

Premier of Victoria

Mathilda Robertson 12/8/22 Mathilda Robertson 12/8/22

Former Ashley Youth Detention Centre detainees lodge class action over alleged abuse

ABC

Mathilda Robertson 12/8/22 Mathilda Robertson 12/8/22

Former youth detainees suing Tas govt

Perth Now

Mathilda Robertson 11/8/22 Mathilda Robertson 11/8/22

Victim of paedophile John Wayne Millwood alleges compensation being avoided through divesting of assets

ABC

Laura Coutts 1/7/22 Laura Coutts 1/7/22

Compo win against National Australia Bank

Mathilda Robertson 11/6/22 Mathilda Robertson 11/6/22

Isolation. Strip-searches. Rape: Inside a Tasmanian youth detention centre

The Age

Mathilda Robertson 15/12/21 Mathilda Robertson 15/12/21

Injured Telstra linesmen stuck after being told to do job against doctors' orders

ABC

Mathilda Robertson 10/12/21 Mathilda Robertson 10/12/21

Hanna told her church she was abused. Years later, her abuser was still working with children

SBS

Mathilda Robertson 30/11/21 Mathilda Robertson 30/11/21

Government to pay out $5.3 million to victims of Tasmanian paedophile teacher Anthony LeClerc

The Examiner

Laura Coutts 27/11/21 Laura Coutts 27/11/21

LeClerc Group Action Settled

Laura Coutts 10/11/21 Laura Coutts 10/11/21

Private Employees overtake Public Servants covered by Comcare Scheme

Mathilda Robertson 29/10/21 Mathilda Robertson 29/10/21

“It’s disgusting”: Former Ashley detainee reveals the hell inside

The Mercury
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Mathilda Robertson 22/9/21 Mathilda Robertson 22/9/21

Education Department finishes inquiry into handling of sexual abuse allegations; victim wants reports released

The Examiner

Mathilda Robertson 22/9/21 Mathilda Robertson 22/9/21

It should be shut straight away’: Critics slam three-year lag to shut troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre

The Mercury
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Mathilda Robertson 21/9/21 Mathilda Robertson 21/9/21

Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania's north to close down and be replaced by two new facilities

ABC

Laura Coutts 27/8/21 Laura Coutts 27/8/21

Commonwealth Government proposes further changes to the National Redress Scheme

Mathilda Robertson 21/8/21 Mathilda Robertson 21/8/21

Tasmanian government facing huge bill over allegations of abuse by former Ashley Youth Detention centre detainees

ABC