AFA is committed to engaging with the Australian Government and with State and Territory Governments to design and implement projects already announced to assist Forgotten Australians.

AFA is also calling for:

• nationally consistent redress schemes that are ongoing, portable and not competitive;
• planning for national services that offer holistic, case managed, nationally consistent programs for Forgotten Australians;
• better access for Forgotten Australians  to universal services, e.g. health and education;
• support for existing organisations working with Forgotten Australians now, to ensure they can continue to cope with the workloads – including adequate funding for counselling services;
• a drop-in resource centre in every State and Territory that offers support, services and referral;
• development of new, and expansion of existing, services that target Forgotten Australians, such as PHaMs, noting that entry to such projects for Forgotten Australians should be automatic;
• COAG recognition of, and commitment to, the Forgotten Australians' cause in its own right, as well as recognition within related policies (such as child protection);
• Churches and other past providers to take action on apologies, redress and services;
• the inclusion of States and Territories in national policy and planning, because of institutions in the NT and ACT;
• the experiences of Forgotten Australians to inform current and future child protection policies.

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